Hey, Bagpuss

I'm in the same boat. In my case, I think it probably is true that depression causes people to underestimate our own abilities. The most important thing for me is to just keep working at it, learning new songs and techniques. Learning a new instrument actually makes me feel a lot better; lately I've been hitting it hard on the accordion.

I had a similar experience to that of Larry's friend: antidepressants seriously reduce my motivation -- there was a point a couple years ago when I had been taking Zoloft and one day I realized I hadn't touched an instrument in over a week! I found I had to work extra hard at being concientious. But it's different for everybody, I'm sure ... my advice is that you should not take advice from any of us -- just stay on the medication as long as you need to!

(BTW anybody interested in chatting with a motivated accordionist in Salt Lake City?)

-Brandon