When I went to the dr in the early days for AD's she said my main problem was that I wasn't sleeping. The depression gets better if you can get solid sleep, I was in a cycle just like my MLC H, poor sleep led to emotional instability that he could exploit to get me weepy and such. OTC sleep aids helped (only needed 1/2 to get sleep), then I switched to SleepyTime tea. Exercise has been the best.