I can understand your apprehension around medication, but if you were diagnosed with clinical depression, they may be necessary. There are biological reasons for depression in addition to environmental factors. Medication may help regulate neurotransmitters and help stabilize your moods.

Hire a personal trainer exercise hard for an hour a day
Yoga and meditation
Healthy eating, no drugs processed foods caffeine
Sun light
Socialising with nice people
Omega three six with high dose epa
Physical health check of causes
Get your vitamin needs meet
Get some cbt online "beating the blues"
Etc rtf ext

If all this seems too much effort to do especially the exercise, then you might need the pills

I felt the same way. I sat in my counselors office for a couple months saying I don't want pills I don't want pills I can do this on my own. But one day I showed up to her office crying and I didn't know what was wrong I was just having a really really bad day. She looked at me and said Kayla I think it is time. I said ya I think you are right...so I got on pills that day and honestly it was the best thing that I ever did since then my mood has been manageable and I feel normal again. I still get down (like right now) and I still have some episodes every now and then but they helped they helped me get my life back. And most of the time it is not a permanent thing most of the time it is just temporary to get you threw a tough time or just get over a hump and then you can learn to manage on your own with a clearer head. I encourage you to think about what your depression has taken from you and what medication can give back to you. If you wanna talk I am here and I have been there good luck! Sending love

Pills whould probably help since depression is usually caused due to lack of dopamine and serotonin ...

Depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain. That is the reason that Pdocs offer Anti-depressants to combat the depression. They can't just "talk" your brain chemistry into the right formulation....

There is a standard of treatment for Depression and it's been around forever:

You start Therapy to deal with your Trauma or all of the bad things that might have happened in your life. Talk Therapy and different coping skill and learning new ways to deal with all of the "bad" in your life is important part of treatment. Medications to deal with the chemical imbalance is important also.

Medication is the leading treatment for depression etc. There are reasons for that.