Posted by mtdewcmu on November 26, 2009, at 17:30:29
In reply to Re: calling all armchair psychs » mtdewcmu, posted by conundrum on November 26, 2009, at 13:21:25
> Interesting response. I too have had times, and still do where I feel my problem, which is anhedonia with some cognitive impairment would be untreatable. For awhile I imagined I had other underlying physical ailments like thyroid, hyperthyroid, and digestive problems, but all my tests came back normal. Now I try to put as much faith as possible in my doctor. I think its important to know your specialist is an expert in the area in which you need help. I found my pdoc from an patent application he wrote for the treatment of SSRI induced anhedonia. I feel much more comfortable now just following his directions because I know he has treated this before with success.
>What you are having are symptoms of depression. It could be that they were somehow triggered by the medication, but it appears more likely that you are actually under-treated.
> Sometimes I think sites like this which have a lot of people who are treatment resistant can make it seem like you will never get better, but you have to know that millions of people do respond to drugs and the people who post on a site like this are only the tiny minority of medicated population.
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>This board definitely has a very strong bias. Many of the posters, as you said, have TRD, and have worked their way through the pharmacopia and are down to the most exotic and/or cutting edge medications. I think this can cause a person with normal depression who stumbles across this board to over-analyze and miss the obvious solutions. You would hope that their doctors would steer them straight, but obviously in some cases this does not happen.
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