Will anything help situational depression

[ASDnocareer]

other than actually fixing the root situational cause?

On antidepressants and can’t notice any difference but at the same time I don’t expect them to work if it’s not fixing my situation
I doubt I’ll ever stop being depressed until I get out of impoverished quality of life and find a career job with a liveable wage.

I’ve failed to do this and time continues to pass me by (yes I’ve been following advice, sometimes people get bad luck 🤷‍♀️ there’s no guaranteed recipe of finding a secure job even if you do everything ‘right’)

Virtually every bad experience I’ve been in this year was directly or indirectly caused by my low salary.

I found antidepressants (sertraline) helped me even though my depression was clearly situational.
It made me feel a little less overwhelmed, a little more optimistic and cheerful, and a lot less prone to sobbing in despair. It also made it a bit easier to engage in other things that help my mental health, like exercise.
I feel I won’t be truly ‘ok’ though until my situation changes.

Good luck

Not really. The only thing that will help is changing the situation that is causing your low mood.