Posted by Ines on March 3, 2007, at 11:32:23
In reply to Re: Atypical depression, posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 2, 2007, at 9:16:22
Hi again Meri,
Gee, that sounds like a useless psychiatrist you got referred to... one would expect that he would at least know about the atypical depression subtype, even if he didn't agree with the classification. Quite dishartening when you have experiences like that. They make you so insecure about their decisions I find... When I first read about atypical depression it was like reading my life story on paper, a bit freaky really. Right down to managing to conceal the problem to the extent that when I started being open about it people would say 'but you seem so happy!'. It's so different from other people I know who have 'typical' depression symptoms, you know, I can sit in company and smile and be normal all day whilst being incredibly depressed. And in a way it makes it harder to get your depression taken seriously. Anyway, I find that it's so frustrating that most docs don't seem to pay any attention when you mention you're sure it's atypical depression.
I haven't tried moclobemide- mentioned it to the GP but he said in his experience it's not effective. Did you have any luck with it? He also wouldn't consider wellbutrin- said he's never used it and didn't want to experiment on me (well at least that gives me some reassurance :-)
Sounds like you've tried quite a few things - hope you've found something that works well for you. I'm curious, have you managed to try MAOIs at all? I've been wondering if Emsam is going to make it this way anytime soon, but it doesn't look like it.
I.
poster:Ines
thread:737405
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070302/msgs/737934.html