Check out the book feeling great by David Burns, known for popularizing CBT.
It's an updated handbook of some of the most recent techniques for managing the way you feel. It also has some good tips on how to find a therapist to work with if the book isn't enough.
The book leans towards avoiding antidepressants but stresses that in some extreme cases they might be best.
I listened to his podcast. It is really good and I enjoy it. But I found something even better that worked for me which is the audiobook Self-coaching by Dr. J Luciani. It is on audible for free right now if you have an account.
I was put off by the title (self-coaching) but boy was I wrong and I now highly recommend it. For my own story I came to terms with being "smart enough" for life. This is after years of anxiety and depression from high school onward. I am amazed given my suffering that I did as well as I did!
Also medication does work. I ran the gamut of them until I settled on Wellbutrin XL. It also took me 25 years to figure out that alcohol, while it relieves my anxiety and depression in the moment, just makes things 10x worse. That and I need to eat properly. So I limit my drinking as much as possible and I know not to drink when stressed.
I think anybody who is depressed should try: (1) aerobic exercise (30 min a day is good, 2 hours a day is great), (2) therapy, (3) antidepressants.
Depression is bad enough that you should attack with all of those.
If you are going to try meds it is fine to see a primary care doc, but to get the best results you are probably going to try something, wait two or three weeks, change the dose, wait, change the dose, maybe try a different medicine if the first one doesn't work for you.
You get much better results if you do the above then if you just try 1 prescription.
It seriously isn't a good idea to self-prescribe cannabinoids for depression. While it may work great for people experiencing a temporary bout of the condition, it can make things significantly worse for people with life-long depression.
It's an updated handbook of some of the most recent techniques for managing the way you feel. It also has some good tips on how to find a therapist to work with if the book isn't enough.
The book leans towards avoiding antidepressants but stresses that in some extreme cases they might be best.
Sorry you've been feeling that way. Good luck!