This is stupid. Really, it is. You're against drugs because of your past which is understandable to an extent, but to write of antidepressants which could possibly help you think clearly for once? You DO know that it takes them at least a month to kick in and by then you'll know if they help or not. You CAN stop taking them. They're not happy pills, hell, would I wouldn't give for a pill for "life." How do you know if you don't try?
I've been on several meds before I found one that works for me, ( that goes for shrinks too )and it's not false happiness that I get. I am calmer, more rational, and after half a lifetime of abuse and the repercussions of it, I'm finally at a state where I can cope, and not cry all the time, think the world's against me, and think that I'm never going to be happy. That is not not what I would call fake happiness.
It's up to you though, take a chance and see how it goes, or just plod on through your life feeling angry at the world and depressed. It's that simple.
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"Why do it today when I can put it off until tomorrow."
Diagnosed aspie with an NT alter-ego.