Posted by Quintal on January 4, 2007, at 8:36:41
In reply to Not depressed - just a very unhappy person, posted by deniseuk190466 on January 3, 2007, at 11:56:03
Hi Denise,
I've been wondering how to reply for a while without sounding too negative about the NHS but there isn't really a way. I had a similar experience with a professor of psychiatry at Darlington Memorial Hospital. I was lucky (?) enough to come away with prescription for Edronax (reboxetine) though which provoked an awful mixed state anxiety/panic reaction which I endured for weeks. He refused to see me again after I reported this to my pdoc and stopped taking it without his permission.
I had a similar experience with moclobemide that you're having with miratzapine. When I asked the locum pdoc if we could switch to another med she told me that my doctor had chosen the right medication and that I should stick with it for now (I had already been taking it for six months with no response at that point). My doctor did not choose moclobemide, she prescribed it at my request.
A pair of bullies (there's no better adjective unfortunately) took over the local mental health team and discharged me so I'm now in the same position as yourself.
>That medicine won't work for me and that many cancer patients after failed drug trials just stop medication therapy altogether and go away and just try to enjoy the remainder of their years.
What he really means is "you've stepped on my ego and there's nothing more I'm *willing* to do for you".
>Fortunately I did have Zyprexa stashed up to help me now and again but when I told him that it did help he even made me feel bad about that saying "so would cocaine". I've never taken cocaine nor would I but he made me feel like a pill popping junky.
Hmmm........ if he's trying to make out you're the junkie for popping so many pills then I wonder what he thinks that makes the person who prescribed them look like? A drug pusher - Big Pharma pimp of some kind? Sounds like a very myopic view to take.
>The thing is I have absolutely no reason to be unhappy and I don't think I am particularly negative about life or ever was.
That's the hallmark of depression. I wonder why he didn't spot it himself being a professor and all?
Some pdocs can be really spiteful if they feel threatened, or even if they're just having a bad day. Sounds like you've been a convenient scapegoat and I really feel for you.
Have you tried opiates (not in combination with Nardil obviously)? I've found that a couple of Paramol or Nurofen Plus (which contain codeine) lifts my mood nicely as have some others in the UK who post here. It may not be a long-term solution but they can provide much needed relief in a crisis.
Q
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