Posted by Ktemene on December 20, 2004, at 6:03:54
In reply to Re: Atypical depression, posted by croy32 on December 19, 2004, at 10:21:26
> Sorry about my ignorance, but can anyone tell me exactly what "atypical depression" is? I can't get a satisfying explanation on the web.
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> My doc keeps saying "you are very atypical." Does he mean I am very atypically depressed? Or is he referring to the extremely unusual sensitivity I have to all but a few medications? Or is this one and the same. I've been described as "exquisitely sensitive"
I have never heard that there was any special connection between atypical depression and sensitivity to medications. Atypical depression is usually recognized as a subtype of depression, although there is some controversy about it. There is a nice discussion of the features of atypical depression in an issue of Current Psychiatry from last year. The following is the URL:
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/2003_04/0403_depression.asp
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