Best things that ever helped with depression in me was gardening: playing with earth and growing living things, being close to animals.. and playing my guitar.
DO NOT LISTEN TO ANY MEDICAL ADVICE IN THIS THREAD. Go see a mental health specialist.
I'd ignore that comment too. Read and research as much as you can from anywhere you can. Especially from people that have taken the medication you are offered or are considering. I wish I did when my doctor prescribed me the anti-biotic Cipro for a minor infection failing to tell me about the side effects. Well this medication cured the minor infection but also nearly left me crippled for life with massive tendon ruptures in both shoulders, arms, knees and major joints. It took me a year and a half to be able to walk normally again and I have damage and pain in one knee that will be with me for the rest of my life.
So many people have had their lives destroyed by this drug that there are multiple class action law suits going on. Some have been permanently crippled.
http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/cipro
http://www.youhavealawyer.com/cipro/
And yes it was a 'trusted health specialist' that did this to me.
Anti-depressants do more harm than good.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2134863/Anti-depressants-harm-good.html
The dark side of antidepressants
http://chriskresser.com/the-dark-side-of-antidepressants