Peaches, before you try the Depo injections, ask your doc to put you on the pill version for a few months. If you have a bad reaction to the injection there is nothing you can do but wait the 3 months or it to wear off...at least with the pills if you have a bad reaction you just stop taking them. If after a couple of months you find they're doing the trick, then go for the injection.
And yes I've had depression in the past, post-natal twice, and once or twice with no apparent 'physical' cause...tho at the time my life was well and truly going to hell in a handbasket. I had medication each time...and came thru the other side.
For me depression is like being in a whirlpool...I seem to be going round and round and down and down and if it gets too far, I don't have the psychological strength to pull myself to the side where it's safe. Medication gives me that leg-up.
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