Posted by Exisessentialist on June 11, 2012, at 14:14:47
In reply to Re: Psychotic Depression » Exisessentialist, posted by Phillipa on June 11, 2012, at 9:53:33
I'm on zoloft 200 mg, tryptophan 8 grams and nortriptyline 100 mg at the moment. It hasn't really made a dent in my mood or my phobia but my thoughts have been slightly clearer the past few days. The trouble that I've had in assessing psychotic depression is that the information I've encountered tends not to discuss the nature of the delusions. I know that I don't hallucinate but what constitutes a delusion escapes me a bit at the moment. The two, potentially, useful bits of info I've found are that individuals with psychotic depression tend to know that they're delusional thoughts aren't true, which is not true of me, and that they tend to feel guilty or that they're being punished for past misdeeds, which I do feel although I can't really think of anything I've done to deserve my present difficulties. SO...delusion or phobia? Not sure right now. Oh, the other aspect of psychotic depression is that the individuals tend not to disclose their delusional thoughts, which is sometimes true of me. I've learned that most professionals simply don't want to hear about my concerns about brain damage and haven't taken them seriously, so I no longer discuss it.
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