Posted by super on August 3, 2001, at 15:35:29
In reply to Re: pdoc doesn't believe in dysthymia » Edward, posted by Else on August 3, 2001, at 14:39:04
Ed,
Even if you are "just dysthymic" now, it sounds like you did suffer from major depression at one point. So if I were you, I would stay on ADs. In any case, life is meant to be enjoyed and if you can find something to help you do that, then go for it. Find a new doc!> Get a different doctor if you can. Dysthymia is treatable with meds, only it's more difficult to treat than Major Depression. Your pdoc is perhaps afraid of failure. Maybe that why he wont admit dysthymia is real. Drop him if you can.
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> > My pdoc (that means psychiatrist, right?) doesn't think I'm depressed anymore, just dysthymic. He dismissed dysthymia as being "like eeyore" and "always looking on the black side of things" (sounds similar to some naive ideas about depression that we've all had to endure, I think). I'm leaving him and the mental hospital next friday, and I think I might be able to cope, but everything I read about dysthymia says it is a treatable illness. I'm only 17, but I feel completely bored with everything life has to offer. I don't think it will drive me to attempting suicide again, but shouldn't I demand a better life if there's one going? I'm might being seeing another pdoc anyway once I leave this one, so maybe the next guy will have different view. Or maybe not. Perhaps I won't see anyone at all. The question is, if I'm only dysthymic, should I ask for anti-depressants? I taken paroxetine, fluvoxamine and finally mirtazapine, the latter taking me through a bad patch. I have recently stopped taking it due to side effects, and the fact that I felt even more flat (although in a less unpleasant way to before). The more severe depression has not returned, but I am still finding life very dull and unsatisfying.
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