There are a lot of comments here about their depression, so I thought I'd throw my experience in here since it's slightly different. Last year, after having th

There are a lot of comments here about their depression, so I thought I'd throw my experience in here since it's slightly different. Last year, after having these episodes that I didn't recognize for a while that were seizures, I went to the doctor, had an MRI, and was started on the anti-seizure drug Keppra. The seizures went away, and I thought it was half funny this whole experience. Time ticked on for a month or so and things started going downhill. I have a programming and a golf blog, and I didn't have the energy to keep writing. I loved going to the gym and I just stopped being able to go. I love watching the Brewers every night on tv, but I half stopped being able to do that. It got to the point where for a few days in a row, I'd get back at around 5 and just sit in my living room chair in the dark until 9 and then I'd feel legit going to sleep. I knew I was having issues, issues that I thought were "natural", so I'd force myself to get out of the house. The biggest point was when I told myself to go out and buy some tea or something. So I took the train down there, made myself be friendly to the person working, and then decided to walk back. About halfway to the house I lived in I couldn't move, didn't have any of the energy, so I sat on a stoop for over an hour just unable to get up. There are so many side effects of anti-seizure pills which list everything you can think of mentally. And at some point I figured the pills could be the cause. I contacted the doctor who said stop taking the pills and made an appointment for a few days after to get a new drug. The morning after I didn't take the nighttime dose, I woke up and I could feel the depression going away. It's impossible to describe the feeling of knowing the issues were evaporating. I was out in the sun and felt happier. I could move. I could stand. The desire to do things was coming back. Three days later the depression was completely gone. It's tough for me to know if my feelings exactly match other people's depressions. I've never been the person to give advice to people with depression; It's obviously impossible to relate if you haven't experienced it yourself. There still isn't any advice I'd be able to give because it's just sitting there, being in control of you, and even when your head knows that you need to be active, knows that sitting there isn't the right thing to do, depression will still win that battle. I was so lucky that my issues were caused by a drug that I could stop taking, and that the issues vanished so quickly. I think back and can't imagine how difficult a life is when your actions aren't causing the depression, but be stuck with the depression thing caused by nature.