Posted by detroitpistons on January 17, 2006, at 10:39:43
In reply to Re: Depressed/agitated/wired - soft bipolar?, posted by linkadge on January 15, 2006, at 16:55:03
"I think there is a group of people who are depressed, but still motivated, (sometimes motivated by obsession - or just running on stress hormones) and that the SSRI's don't correct the HPA axis dysregulation fast enough, at least for me they didn't.
For example with me, I became so afraid of falling behind in school, that even though I wanted to kill myself every day, I would still be doing my homework incessantly. Nobody thought I was depressed - (to be depressed you must have given up). I never give up, I just become more suicidal."Holy sh.it, that's me!! When I was in school, I was the exact same way. Anybody who says that you need to be laid up in bed and not shower for a week in order to be clinically depressed is FULL OF SH.IT. FEAR and anxiety are what keep me going. In school, it was the fear of getting bad grades. Now, it's the fear of not being able to get by and pay the bills and lose my "career."
Great post.
> I just remember that in certain states, the difference between a TCA and an SSRI was like night and day.
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