OP mentioned the anti-depressants only masking the physical symptoms and not treating the lack of ability to work, therefore OP did not think depression was the

OP mentioned the anti-depressants only masking the physical symptoms and not treating the lack of ability to work, therefore OP did not think depression was the issue. Uuuuh, that's basically a text-book description of anti-depressants "working". You take them to become functional enough to deal with the underlying issue of--in this case--having a really shitty job.