I have currently been on medication for clinical depression for about four months now. They don't just make you happy. I talked with my former therapist before going on them and she basically said that having depression is like having a black veil over your eyes, that all the medication really does is lift that veil and it makes it easier to function.I have to say, she was dead right. I found it easier to see the good in things, I got out of bed without a fight, my attendance and performance in college picked up. I am not in talk (supportive) therapy anymore but I have been moved to Schema Therapy. It's a lot tougher emotionally and mentally. I definitely wouldn't have been able to do that without medication.With everything though, there are some negatives. If you begin taking medication and decide you want to stop, you will have to be weened of them by your doctor. I went cold turkey on my meds for two weeks and it was Hell. People said I was very difficult to deal with and I basically went back to square one.There are lists of side-effects you should probably look up. A lot of people suffer horribly with side-effects and don't think taking the medication is worth it. Personally, I had no negative side-effects at all.As always though, everyone's reaction to medication will be different.