I did not mean to offend anyone but having suffered depression for most of my adult life I know how debilitating it can be. You are a health care professional so you certainly must know there are other options for treating depression. My only point was it might be good to look in to other options.
Maybe electroshock therapy might be an alternative. It is far more sophisticated than it used to be and a person I knew had it administered to him and he said it changed his life.
Finding the right medication to treat someone’s depression is one of the most frustrating things in the world. Unfortunately it takes six weeks to start to work which as a professional you are aware of. If it doesn’t work you can always try a combination of antidepressants. I take Zoloft, Buspar, Wellbutrin and Clonazepam and fortunately it has worked for me. My first psychiatrist actually said Zoloft and Wellbutrin complimented each other so well they had a name for it. They called it “Welloft”
My final point is knowing how terrible depression is for the person suffering from it and the people around him I wouldn’t give up.
I wish him all the luck in the world. If that is being judgmental I am truly sorry.