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Posted by Anna laura on November 11, 2001, at 13:24:10
I've been searching for pdocs to prescribe me dopaminergic drugs or stimulants in order to relieve my anhedonia problem. I've been suffering from depression fro eleven years: depression got better but anhedonia got worse, and it actually grew so severe it's now interfering with everyday life; i don't want to live like this anymore, and i'm eager to try anything to relieve this death-like experience. But will power doesn't seem to be enough: i need to find a pdoc empathetic enough to understand my extreme discomfort and thus willing to prescribe me the right meds, whatever they are.
I don't know where to turn anymore: all the pdocs i've met so far have been trying to persuade me not to take the drugs saying they're not the right drugs for me, but i don't believe that, particularly because they didn't find any valid argument to substantiate their statement: The last pdoc i met told me that i didn't want to heal and i was uncounsciously resisting the drug treatment because i didn't want to face inner conflicts: I've been in lots of therapies in the last years : psychoanlitic oriented: two yeras, i grew worse, cognitive-behavioural with Rogersian method grew better but didn't heal, only to mention a few. I've been doing a lot of self interrogation, inner exploring, i faced personal issues, but anhedonia is persisting.
My gut feeling is that they're just trying to make up my mind about stimulants and dopaminergic drugs. The problem is that here in Italy pdocs are folllowing the ortodox pathway: only TCA, SSRI, and sometimes lithium. What i am supposed to do? Travel abroad? Any inputs?Thanks for listening
Anna Laura
Posted by frozen on November 11, 2001, at 15:28:50
In reply to How to persuade a reluctant pdoc?, posted by Anna laura on November 11, 2001, at 13:24:10
Ciao Laura, anch'io sono italiano, e se ti posso consigliare uno psichiatra, scegli il *migliore* della tua cittā oppure prova a prendere un appuntamento da Cassano, le visite costano un po'-350000 ma č considerato uno dei luminari italiani.
Ti auguro il meglio.luca
Posted by stjames on November 11, 2001, at 20:46:46
In reply to How to persuade a reluctant pdoc?, posted by Anna laura on November 11, 2001, at 13:24:10
Check with a medical university to see who is treating treatment resistant persons in your country.
James
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