Antidepressants are not a quick remedy, counselling is probably your best bet. In my case, they weren't particularly easy to get - I didn't even want to go on them. I went to the doctors for two years before I was referred to a counsellor. (I was at the age where mental health services in my area do not cover you as a child, but neither as an adult; the service just kind of, stopped.) However, my doctor at university recommended I see a counsellor in conjunction with some medication, and I guess the idea of that made me feel more comfortable.
I've been on two different types of medication and the second set have given me awful side effects - the worst being nightmares - normally I have them once a fortnight, ish, but for about 3 months I've been them having them four or five times a week. They are not normal nightmares, they're always about death, they're really vivid, and I keep waking up screaming and crying. Due to having exams though, I could not come off of them.
Please speak to your doctor and see what they recommend. Antidepressants are not the easy way out, which I feel your post comes across as. They may make you feel better for a while, (or in my case with the first set of medication, I felt emotionally flat), but unless you find a way to sort through your issues via counselling or other methods, they are not going to be very effective in the long run.
You also have to realise that they take around 4-8 weeks to begin to have an effect, and in that time you could end up feeling worse.