Posted by IsoM on January 31, 2003, at 2:29:31
In reply to Re: In the depths of depression--please help » indirect00, posted by cubbybear on January 30, 2003, at 23:31:49
Cubby, don't give up on it yet. It may be starting to work as strange as that sounds. Often people will think they're feeling worse when starting a med but others around them may notice that there are small improvements. You may feel worse because the AD is bringing you out of the depths of depression where everything is numb. What you're feeling may be enough improvement for you to feel more emotions.
That's one of the reasons a very depressed person is more likely to commit suicide soon after taking a med. It's done just enough to rouse them from their formerly complete apathy.
What you may need instead is an increase in your dose & a bit more patience to see if it will work. I remember one psychiatrist saying that not enough people would stick out an AD long enough to give it a chance to work by slowly increasing the dosage. Ask your doctor about the possibility of this in your case. You might simply not be taking the amount you need yet to work.
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