Sara Bareilles feels "a profound, holy relief" after taking medication "for the first time" to battle her depression and anxiety.
The Brave hitmaker - who opened up about her mental health struggles earlier this month and admitted 2021 had been a "very low year" - shared a photo of half a white pill she is taking, while noting she has also been helped by "friends/family, therapy, exercise, sleep and meditation".
She wrote on Instagram: "I wanted to write a little bit about the fact that after 20 years of feeling very strongly that it was not the path I needed to take… I have tried medication for the first time.
"For the first time in months I can feel myself again- my joy, my optimism and my laughter are among some of the precious parts of myself I have rediscovered.
"They sit at my soul's table, along with my sweet sadness and my tender anxiety… who, by the way, aren't the only ones talking anymore. It is a profound, holy relief."
The 42-year-old star also tried to explain the impact of depression and anxiety, and admitted she had felt "desperate and overwhelmed".
She continued: "For those who don't understand it or have never dealt with it, from the inside of depression and anxiety sometimes you can't see the possibility of a way out, much less the path itself.
"For the past year, I felt desperate and overwhelmed almost all the time. The amount of energy it took to "manage" my emotions (I use that term loosely because that makes me seem like I had a handle on anything) would exhaust me so much that my whole sense of myself got distorted. I didn't feel like me anymore.
"Depression is not rational. It does not respond to "I have so much to be grateful for", or "just concentrate on the good things". I have moved through depression and anxiety many times in my life , but this time I needed extra help. (sic)"
She also paid tribute to her partner Joe Tippett for his support - as well as her "angelic friends" and said she has rediscovered herself.
She explained: "For me, the truth was that this medicine helped me see myself again, without the cloak of depression and anxiety. I remember myself.