dealing with the side effects when coming off was enough to convince me that there was stuff going in to my body that i wasn't comfortable with.
Understandable. Seriously regular exercise (at least 20 minutes per day) has been said to have the same effects as taking anti-depressants. However, like I said, if you're depressed it's damn hard to motivate yourself to do it.
Is it depression or anxiety? They are two wholly different afflictions.