What I want

I want to talk about what I want from others when I talk about depression. I don't want to be meek about my depression, afraid of what others will say, and I'm sick and tired of hearing about what everyone else does, thinks or says on the subject. I suffer from it, and I need understanding. What I don't need is sympathy, pity, or someones misguided view on the subject. My ob/gyn wants to put me on an anti-depressant at 36 weeks to help with PPD as a preventative( or maybe 34 weeks, I can't quite remember), and I'm OK with that. Any mental health professional will tell you that the best way to treat MDD(what I currently am struggling with) is psychotherapy combined with a medication. I may go on one earlier, I may not, depending on if my psychotherapy and my goals for my therapy work. I know that anti depressants don't make it go away, but they do make the lows not so low. And when you've been as low as I have been, that makes you pretty thankful. As far as anyone reading this now or ever in the future, the risks associated with taking an anti depressant during pregnancy will be discussed between myself, my ob/gyn, and my therapist, collectively. For people to understand how I feel though, they need to be open. I feel that many people really just want to voice an opinion rather than give actual advice. When it comes to feel better, I really don't know what to think, asides that I all I want to do is feel better.