Posted by cockeyed on June 11, 2005, at 23:21:30
In reply to Are there any meds for a neurotic depression?, posted by DoYouKnowHim? on June 11, 2005, at 14:32:18
I sure hope so. Just last tuesday 6/7 my new T told me that the term neurotic depression was an older term for the kind of depression I seem to experience. Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a d**n, because I've had bouts of depression since I was a kid. Sometimes overwhelming sadness, other times a grey hopelessness that sucks any real life out of living. I've found that SSRI's and some tranks help. I've had close family members who've died in mental institutions and I know that there are too many times when I'm not wrapped too tight. I suspect that this term is outdated because it implicitly minimizes someones plight. Not too long ago Fibromyalgia and other real problems and diseases, especially the syndrome of constant tiredness were considered to be "garbage diagnoses" I used to think that "whiplash" was an invention of ambulance chasers until my car got rear-ended and I got whiplashed but good. A sports-injury physician put me on a regimen of exercises and I was able, with the use of anti-inflammatory meds, get better.
My advice is throw away the book and get some up-to-date advice. Depression is depression and it can be hell. cockeyed.
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