Jen,
I suffer from chronic depression too. For years they tried a bunch of different anti depressants but none worked so the psychiatrist stopped seeing me because she knew i didn't have the money to be seeing her when bascially she jsut prescribed the meds for me and i was seeing a therapist. Anyway for years I wasn't on any meds for it and then when I went to my family docotr, who was new since mine had retired she noticed right off i needed to be on something and gave me samples to try. I didn't think they would help since i had tried so many before and nothing ever helped but lexapro helped. I do have insurance but still at times can't afford my meds so whenever i can't get them she gives me samples. One time she gave me enough samples to last 3 months. Please see your family doctor and explain the situation. I know what it is like to have to go off of them and it isn't pretty. Sometimes I get embaraased that i have to ask for samples but it beats being off your meds when you need them to function.