Should I be able to do this/will I be able to if I take the tablets?

[idlevice]

I've just started on trying to address my long-term depression issues. At the moment I feel like I hardly do anything useful as a SAHM, particularly my inability to do the morning school run. DP takes DS1 to school after also getting DS2 up whilst I drag myself awake. The mental health practitioner I've seen so far thinks this is due to the depression in the same way that if I had, say, a broken leg, I wouldn't expect myself to do it - yet I think it is incredibly lazy & self-indulgent & I probably could do it if I made myself.

I have done it on occasion when my DP has been unable to but this week I couldn't face it on a day DP had asked me to as he had a meeting so he had to cancel the meeting. This makes me sound awful I know, & I felt awful, so my question to those with more experience is should I make myself do this anyway & just suck it up? Or if I go on the anti-depressants & they work, will I somehow be able to do things like this without a second thought like a normal person? At the moment that terrifies me as I find it a struggle to push myself through the day even though there is hardly anything demanded of me.

Go on the anti depressants and then it will be easier. I also have a hard time with the school run but unfortunately have no one to help so my sons attendance is poor because you can't always make yourself get out of bed.

But when my meds are working I find it a lot easier to do this and the chores so please give the anti depressant a try. You have nothing to lose.