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I'm guessing the meds she was on was one of the 10 anti-depressents with side affects that included a higher rate of suicide. I've been on 3 of them, and never personally had those feelings, but I can tell you from experience that each anti-depressent is formulated different, and WILL react differently to different people.
I know a lot of people have had success with zoloft. For me, sure, I wasn't depressed, but I also had no desire to get out of bed. I was perfectly happy laying in bed all day, and literally laid in bed for nearly 2 months. I got up to eat, and go to the bathroom, and if I absolutely had to leave the house. Otherwise, I just laid there.
She needs to work very closely with the perscribing doctor while taking the pills. Something that would help a lot is for her to keep a daily "feeling" diary. Nothing where you write out everything thta happened, but just a place to jot down how she's feeling from day to day. If she's upset and can't figure out way, or agitated, or sad, or happy, she should write it down. It makes it easier to tell when your feelings are going hay-wire from meds.
Personally, when I'm on meds, and have to go off for a time, I don't notice my behaviour changing until it's extreme. I'll go from feeling fine, to suddenly realizing a week later that I'm yelling at the kids for no reason, hiding in my bedroom, arguing over stupid things, and crying all the time. And I just don't realize it until I hit a wall. Reading back in a diary to see how you were feeling a week before, or a day before, or even an hour before will help her to sort out which meds are helping, and which are hindering.
They affect moods, and a lot of doctors are more than willing to dope up the public these days. 10 years ago, it was a huge secret and embarassment to be on an anti-depressant. Now, it's odd if you aren't on one, which isn't anymore right than before. I've had a doctor tell me (on my first ever visit to him) that he was upping my previous dose of 50mg's to 100mg's a day, and that he was using that as a "springboard" to get me to 150mg's a day. This was after I told him that I thought 50 was doing fine.
Just being there for someone is a huge help, as well. I don't know about others, but I find it easier to spill my "guts" so to speak to a stranger I can't see than to tell my husband.
Good Luck
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