Finally have some time to type.

A divorce is usually seen as a loss of a constant. Her mother and father have always been there, have always been together, have always been one unit. Destroying that one thing that has always been there can call into question alot. It's usually worse when children are in their teens, but everyones different, and every situation is unique. There's alot of stress involved with college, believing that you've lost the one stabalizer in your life can have massive effects.

To help her you need to be her constant, her safety. The pillow at the end of the day, the boulder of security. Be there for her, but don't follow her into the depths. Stay happy, talk about whats going wrong and be rational but empathetic in your responses, and as redleg said they must stay the same. Get out do stuff, go see The Dark Knight or another movie. As long as your doing something your not focusing on being sad, if you arent focusing on being sad you are happier.

Stay away from the emo music, just makes people more depressed. Yes it's nice to listen to sometimes (and godbless emo girls, come cry on BigTex's shoulder, tell me of your woe's) but bummed out music makes you feel well bummed out.

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Ok so she got the drugs after the panic attack. If they work it will take several weeks before they will have an effect. Be there for her and don't let her negativity get to you.
That actually depends on if they gave her true anti-depressents or muscle relaxers. Since she was convulsing and needing to be restrained she could very well be on muscle relaxers. Or a combination of the two. Some anti-depressents can take a few weeks to build up in the body, while muscle relaxers will take minutes to take effect.

Go out and go bowling or some other group activity. Find as many people who know and care about her and invite them to come. Seeing alot of people who care about her can help.

Just don't go breaking yourself. You can't help her if your wasted and broken. Goodluck, and stay strong.