Your description sounds pretty similar to my condition. I've tried SSRIs and they, to some extent, worked. But while they allowed me to reliably function, they

Your description sounds pretty similar to my condition. I've tried SSRIs and they, to some extent, worked. But while they allowed me to reliably function, they caused a numbness in all non-physical sensations that made life seem meaningless, so I stopped taking them. What has worked a bit lately has been meditation. I'm starting to believe that my depression is caused by my mind not switching off properly and meditation is a sort of off switch. The nice part about meditation is there's really no down side and you don't really have to summon the energy to do it. If you're catatonic in a chair, just start focusing on your breath and trying to clear your mind of other thoughts. I don't want to be preachy...one thing I've come to realize from many online discussions with other people suffering from depression is that almost every case is unique in some way and that the mental health community's efforts to try to group together what we're feeling into a single problem with prescribed courses of treatment is probably counterproductive. People believe that because they've experienced depression, either first- or second-hand, that they understand what all depression is like...astazangasta's comment is an example of this. I try not to be one of those people, so what I'm offering is a suggestion, not an answer. My depression is by no means fixed, but meditation has helped me. It's one datapoint in case you want to try it.