"after years of just dealing with what my ever-fleeting groups of friends called &quot;moody-behavior&quot; (i never seemed to keep friends more than a year). i decided to get therapy, but cognitive behavioral therapy, my therapist kept hinting for me to see a psych and get medicines, at least for the depression. after months of pressure i relented and decided to just see my gp and ask for anti-depressants. needless to say they didn&#039;t work and made me feel distant yet anxious, constantly anxious and at the ready. i waited to see if my body would adjust, it didn&#039;t. i quit. i reached out to a recommended psych and was given a script for lamotrigine, as i went up in dosage (to 200mg) i started to notice that life made sense. it was/is a new day."