Posted by Else on July 29, 2001, at 10:24:02
In reply to loosing hope, posted by Anna Laura on July 29, 2001, at 6:11:07
I am appalled that a psychiatrist would tell a depressed patient that there isn't much hope for them especially given that hopelessness is a symptom of depression. Is he trying some new technique or does he just want to make you feel worse? Maybe it was reverse psychology although I'm not sure shrinks are supposed to use that. In any case, it was obviously not very productive.
Look, you really haven't actually tried that many drugs compared to a lot of people on this board.
From what I can tell, you've only tried TCAs and SSRIs. I think you should check this depression algorithm and see that there are plenty of other possibilities.http://www.mhc.com/Algorithms/Depression/
Best Wishes
> A pdoc told me weeks ago that i didn't have many chances to recover fully since i got a partial response with TCA. I lost hope since then. I feel like i'm doomed to be a failure, i feel such a looser. I'm a college dropout, i thought i could still go back to college, finish my studies if i found the right med. My dreams are vanishing now: i'm afraid i'll never be able to cope again. I suffer from long lasting dhysthmyia and from bouts of major depression which are stress related. My depression went untreated for more then two years: i should have being given AD, i was given benzos at high doses that made my depression worse year by year. I eventually found a pdoc who gave me the right diagnosis : i was prescribred for TCA (imipramine); i slowly improved, and i eventually recovered from the major depression episode, still i had dysthymia ever since, which grew worse through the years, i guess because it went untreated. My former pdoc thought i didn't need any meds so he made me quit with the TCA i was taking (imipramine) when i recovered from the major episode. (1995).
> I had a second bout of major depression last winter: took Tofranil and it helped. I tried Prozac, Zoloft, and Amytryptiline with scarce results (they helped with the bigger symptoms but i still had dysthymia). I'm currently switching to effexor.
> Don't know where to turn anymore.
> Don't want to live such an unproductive, meangless life.
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