Posted by pedr on February 11, 2002, at 12:42:07
In reply to Re: Real Depression, posted by OldSchool on February 11, 2002, at 10:11:49
Just my 2d's worth...
At certain stages of my depression I've been suicidal for weeks, had panic-level fear and terror for days, sat and stared at the wall for days, cycled around looking for people to crash into and sometimes just felt so low just being alive was undescribably sickening.At the moment I'm on wellbutrin and reboxetine and whilst 50% of my time is bloody horrible, I manage to get to work most of the time and to go out once every couple of weeks or so. From the drugs I get nausea, headaches and severe constipation every day. I agree with OldSchool that these forms of side-effects are *NOTHING* compared to catatonic depression or terror like you've never experienced before.
*HOWEVER*, before I got depression I simply did not know that it was possible to feel that bad. I thought feeling hurt after falling out with a mate was "really bad" - that was the only point of reference I had. So, I think that when people complain of side-effects and dysthymia, that does not make them weak or whingers, they simply do not know any worse. To them, it is the worst they've felt and thus is bloody disturbing. This is perfectly understandable really I think, even though I often think "I'd bite my own arm off to have just sexual dysfunction to worry about".
Errr, that's about it. Cheers all and best wishes.
pete.
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