What got you to try meds and how did they change your life for the better?

For me I'm close to trying, I'm a long time sufferer of depression that can get pretty severe.

I'm tired of waking up feeling dread or uninterested in life, unfortunately my life can be perfect and I'll still experience depression and then I start to look all sad and it just makes me feel even worse and a bit ashamed because then people get concerned.

I tried zoloft for one month last year but it didn't help at all, I was too depressed to even get the next dosage... Now I'm feeling super depressed again.