been there. know about the big black hole, the dreaming of suicide. my favourite suicide dream was driving right off the road at high speed - then there was just walking into the sea. anything i couldnt get back from and wouldn't be at home.
i tell you this so you have conficence in what i am saying.
you must go to the doctor. try anti depressents - they take a couple of months to kick in - sometimes shorter.
they don't make everything right. your lif willbe just the same and you may be unhappy but not in the black hole you are now.
they arn't happy pills but may correct any chemicle imbalance making you view your life this way.
Ultimatley you have got to think about how you can change your circumstances so you will be happy.
First time around my children were small and i was trying too hard to be a great housewife, wife, mother. i couldnt do it. i felt like a failure.
the housework gave, and my dh had to pull socks up. i changed my criteria to 'making fun happy times' for the kids rather than clean kitchen floor.
second time i felt isolated having moved a very long way from my family, friends and community and job and success in my field.
again i changed my criteria. i changed my job and i ventured out to meet mumsnetters. i don't thinkthey know this but those piss fests once a quarter were blummmin lifesaving for my sanity at the time.
so go to the doctor, get yourself a plan. small steps. what can you do to make you a bit happier?