Mahayana - You have never experienced depression, am I right? That's what I gathered from your other posts.

There are many people who simply do not have the luxury of abstaining from medication. To do so would put their lives in jeopardy. Would you still insist on therapy only methods?

I think medication has saved a lot of people from the crippling effects of depression, and while we have to be careful about its overuse, I do not feel it is helpful to anyone to rule it out entirely.