Major Depressive Disorder is the new dx. I am still on my original meds(200mg lamotrigine) I was put on Ciprilex in September and gave it the best I could but was so sick with nausea I couldn't function. I saw my doctor yesterday and have begun pristiq today. My pdoc confirms that there is a lot of negativity in my life I do not have control over and he said no amount of drugs or therapy will fix it but for now I need to learn coping methods until things in my life settle down. much easier said than done. In my family there is so much going on and I am usually the one that has to step up and be "the rock" of the family. I just so desperately want someone to support me and help guide me. I just want someone to help me get motivated to keep going. I feel so alone and no person in my current position has the time nor patience to help me. I feel like I have to suffer in silence and my problems are always deemed less important if they are taken seriously at all. I realize I sound like a whiny teenager but I am a grown woman and I am experiencing real struggle at least the one thing I do know is that I am experiencing emotions a "normal" person would...mine are just overwhelming me.