Have you considered trying to give your family some information about depression in some subtle ways? During my days as a clinician when I worked with a person whose family was not acknowledging the depression, I would give the patient handouts and have them just leave them around the house for the family to find. Sometimes it worked...

Depression is a horrible illness, and I know what you mean about how much it hurts. I have to manage the day, and manage a rather large small business at the same time. There is little to no time for myself...

I hope that the medication helps as a bit of a remedy...don't give up after two weeks either because some meds takes up to 6 weeks for there to be a therapeutic effect. Meds work. I know from my experience with Lexapro. It was a lifesaver a year ago. Unfortunately, I tried it again and had some intolerable side-effects...Now I'm considering another shot with a different med...

Keep letting us know how you are doing. Many thoughts and prayers are with you.