I experienced depression when I was on and off from the hospital battling with my SLE, They even prescribed me anti depressant medicines and referred me to a psychiatrist that time, I was so depressed that I couldn't fight the feeling of losing my hope, feeling alone, feeling down and the fear in my mind. It took 3 years of battling this kind of feeling. Depression is really hard to fight, it took a lot of courage and positive thinking to fight it.