Worried about getting on anti-depressants

I have been in therapy for about 6 months now. My therapist is highly mindfulness focused, and so far I’ve had one breakthrough, but a traumatic event caused me to relapse back into my cycle of mild-medium depression (which I’ve had for about 5 years now).

My whole life, my family has been anti-medication. My therapist isn’t, but wanted to tackle my depression and anxiety with therapeutic intervention first. I also feel that I sometimes don’t inform him of just how depressed I feel on a daily basis, as we try to focus on what I can do to better myself, positivity and goals.

I worry about how getting on anti-depressants will affect my life, my body and being considered a medicated person and all the stigma that comes with it. I also worry about how medical professionals seem to overly-prescribe meds and about becoming dependent on them and therapy to function.

However, my s/o and I have come to a conclusion that my lack of progress in therapy may be assisted with anti-depressants.

Does anyone have advice for me? Especially if you have experience with medication or are in the field and can inform me better on actual medical interventions.

For context, I have PDD(Dysthemia) and severe-medium anxiety symptoms. I’ve also considered getting tested for ADHD/Autism.

Thanks, all love 🤙