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I've taken meds for it before and found it to be an awful experience. Being depressed in my opinion feels more like a systemic issue that can't be solved with any kind of drug.

If you lose people in your life and everything you ever loved is now gone for whatever reason then how can you do anything to yourself physically to stop being depressed? You would need spend time rebuilding your physical world so that you can rebuild your mental health.

Although the definition of "disorder" seems to imply a spectrum of behavior and once it gets to a threshold where it starts causing you significant daily difficulties they call it a disorder. That doesn't mean it is fake. Just that the environment you are trying to interact with doesn't lend itself to the behaviors you are exhibiting.