Posted by linkadge on December 3, 2004, at 17:29:44
In reply to Re: To the point where I don't mention suicidiality » linkadge, posted by simcha on December 3, 2004, at 16:49:11
I come to the docotors because I've given up on life. Learned helplessness. I need help because I can no longer help myself. When people propose that I start doing all these things, I just don't have the energy. Its enought to make it out of bed and to the computer.
These guys need a patient or two to commit suicide just to let them know that they are dealing with real people and real emotions.
The problem is not that I'm not depressed, but that I react terrably to their antideressants.
Exercise helps my depression, does it make my mind race ? No. Sleep deprivation helps my depression, does it make me agitated ?? No.
Opiates help my depression, do they make my suicidiality increase? No. But yet somehow they think that because I don't react well to their SSRI's/SNRI's that I'm not really depressed.For once I'd like a docotor to say to me, yes you're depressed as hell, I don't know why, and I don't know why standard antidepressants don't help.
But, no because I don't respond properly, I can't really be depressed. Docotor's definition of depression these days is people who feel better when given an SSRI.
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