Not "depressed enough" for antidepressants

So I just recently started on an antidepressant. I've been tracking my symptoms and side effects so I can talk to my doctor at the 5 week mark about if we think I should stay on it or not. Because I've been tracking my symptoms so closely my mind keeps circling back to one thing, was I depressed enough for antidepressants? There was one night I cried for a long time because I felt like a "failure" for not being able to handle my symptoms on my own (which I had been trying to do for years). It's hard to see headlines and things talking about how America is "overmedicated" and not feel some shame. I'm just curious, is there a point where one becomes "depressed enough" to try medicine?