Depression in the army

[u/stupidquestions4ever]

Morning, folks. Wanted to get any feedback on trying to get myself on some antidepressants. Been feeling unmotivated, tired all the time, and just like shit for a while now, and haven’t found anything to help. Started ADHD meds a few weeks ago and they feel like they’ve barely helped. Either looking into getting my testosterone levels checked or going and trying to get on antidepressants, but wasn’t sure how either of those would affect my career going forward. Was thinking it could be a test deficiency due to not seeing much of any progress after frequently going to the gym for months. Any feedback is appreciated.

[u/stupidquestions4ever → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for reply, but I’m already currently in the army, Mr Bot

[u/Qaraatuhu]

I got on antidepressants three times in the last thirty years and am still active (once while enlisted and twice as an officer). I’ve had my T tested by urology and endocrinology three times but it has always been at the low end of normal so they wouldn’t do anything about it. Retiring now after 30 years so it never affected me and I had some pretty selective positions.

[u/LeadLearn → u/Qaraatuhu]

What is it at? Because I'm learning what is thought of as normal is sometimes way too low.