Im sorry about your friend. Maybe you can recommend some websites to educate her after things have calmed down. Stigma sucks. I'm on 400 mg of Lamictal. For anxiety I take Xanax ER and Propranolol in the morning and at night. I also take Seroquel, which is an anti-psychotic that knocks you out so my mind can shut down so I can get some sleep. I also have OCD and GAD so I understand the anxiety and racing thoughts. Unfortunately Seroquel it can cause weight gain, and for me it has caused me to be pre-diabetic and high triglycerides. For those reasons I'm trying to see if I can come off of it right now with the assistance of my pdoc. So it's not the best but as a last resort for me it helped. I hope it works out.