Lexapro worked wonders for my SAD, but it took a month before I started noticing full effects. I feel so much better, plus working out and staying clean from drugs also really helped.
Dunno why your saying all antidepressents are shit....maybe you havent found the right one??
I went through 2 different anti psychotics and 4 different anti depressents (paxil, zoloft, efexor, and finally lexapro) until I found that lexapro was the best. It really has saved my life and I feel great.
And btw, anti depressents are not even close to the true EVIL of benzos. If your looking for a cure of SAD then thats the worst thing you could possibly do because good luck coming off.
And yes im aware coming off of anti depressents is bad as well, but nothing compared to benzo addiction.
Good luck.