I have been on and off (mostly on!) ADs for 8 years and they have never worked that well for me - I ended up on reboxetine for 4 years because it was the only one that had impact on me, but all it really did was get me to my CBT - which was a godsend and helped so much. It can take a long time to get CBT through NHS so if your docs think it's for you then it's worth getting on the waiting list asap. If you don't find your psych helpful then perhaps your GP could try? I'm not sure if GPs can refer directly though. Atm I am paying privately for counselling - they have a 'sliding scale' depending on what you can afford - its meant to be £40 a session but can go as low as £10. Would this be an option for you?
And just a word of hope - I have not tried quite as many ADs as you, but nearly as many. I was losing hope that any would work and just resigning myself to struggling through the counselling unsupported by ADs. However, my new pysch told me that even though it was possible that I was one of the people for whom ADs don't do much, there was still a possibility that we might find one that works and that we should keep trying. He put me on imipramine, which is a much older tricyclic AD, and having spent a few weeks getting the dose up to a therapeutic level I feel quite a lot better. It's not a suitable drug for eveyone, and it does have some side effects, but I am quite noticably more cheerful as well as sleeping better and SHing less. So don't give up - it could still happen that you find an AD that works!
Best of luck, I know how frustrating it is, be kind to yourself as much as you can. Bx
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