Posted by PC_Load_Letter on November 11, 2009, at 20:31:09
In reply to Re: Talked to pdoc. He makes no sense AT ALL., posted by Girlnterrupted78 on November 8, 2009, at 21:55:26
IMHO, your analysis of your doctor's words and actions is spot on, and your anger at his absurd reasoning is also completely understandable. His attempts to move the goalposts after the fact is beyond pathetic.
None of the behavior you described sounds remotely like hypomania. It sounds like someone finally able to enjoy life after an extended period of time trapped in the prison of depression.
Only an undeniably complete remission should be the goal. Happiness is not hypomania - it's how most people feel most of the time, and all of us stuck in the hellhole of depression deserve to feel that way too.
I've been encountering similarly insulting behavior from my pdoc lately, and it's extremely disappointing and frustrating.
I hope you're able to find someone more skilled and compassionate than this ninny. If you're in New York, you definitely have more options than those of us in flyover land. Best wishes.
> Thanks for your response, Philipa, but I'm looking for a response on the doctor's behavior rather than the effects of Parnate, which I am now familiar with.
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> I would like to get comments on the doctor's behavior. The fact that he keeps telling me the initial effect of Parnate was "too good" as in, hypomanic. Even though he did not seem to think the same way WHILE the effects were taking place. In fact, as my post says, he even took me higher, to 70mgs, and later 80mgs of Parnate. So if he thought it was "too good", he was ok with it being "super good".
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> Now that it lost some of its power, now he is claiming it was all "too good" and not what we want. The fact that he's in such a contradiction is what I find shocking and upsetting. I don't need a doctor to tell me that the single 2 times in my life I've felt truly happy have been "too good" and that I should be happy with "flat" or "halfway good", while at the same time contradicting himself in his behavior and actions--by increasing the dose despite his thinking it's too good. This doesn't make any sense and it's just infuriating me and causing me tons of emotional distress.
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> Thanks
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