[mmagin]

While I realize you have tried a lot of medications and are probably not feeling the energy to try more, I think you need a better psychiatrist and/or medications.

Also, knowing someone with a less-common variant of bipolar disorder which doesn't tend to cause manic episodes, I would suggest that it is possible that your diagnosis of clinical depression could be incorrect.

I am not a medical professional -- merely offering these comments as someone who has realized that it is not merely the case that people with mental illness should be able to survive them, but that they should be helped to find ways to actually suffer less -- something our society tends not to emphasize, instead telling people to find ways to work through whatever discomfort they are having.