Posted by zeugma on January 19, 2005, at 19:40:16
In reply to Re: MELANCHOLIC DEPRESSION, posted by linkadge on January 19, 2005, at 18:37:02
> I know the psychiatrist said I had melancholic depression, when I told him I sat in my room all day and listened to Chopin Etude in E 'Tristesse' over - and over.
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> Somtimes I miss those feelings. I am on SSRI's now, and feel nothing when I listen to that song.
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> I was probably more human before.
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> LinkadgeMelancholia is an ancient term used by Galen or another such to refer to someone who had too much black bile in his system (as opposed to someone with an excess of yellow bile, who was choleric and apt to flying off the handle instead of lying in bed weighed down by serious thoughts). it became appropriated by 20th century psychiatrists to describe those who responded to TCA's instead of MAOI's.
I suppose your description of 'melancholia' is on target. Sitting in a room all day listening to sad music. I find that TCA's do not interfere with the experience of listening to sad music at all. they do make it easier to get out of bed, though, at least for me.
-z
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