I never been on any antidepressants. I know I'd benefit from them. A close friend let me try some Xanax. It calmed me down and helped me not think of sadness, death and so on. How do I bring this up with my general doctor, which I'm seeing next week. And how do I tell him that I know which medication would work on me. Or should I just let him pick one for me. And most important question of all, does he prescribe these kinds of meds or am I supposed to ask him for a therapist/shrink which I don't have. Even though I've been struggling with this, I haven't yet gotten help or talked about this with my doctor. How should I even start the conversation.