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Sociology > Depression |
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"Sal" |
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18 Sep 2004 07:15:46 AM |
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I need some more advice,please. |
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
A few weeks back i posted the question what type of anti-depresant you
would recommend for this type of depression.So that i could go to an
online pharmacy and purchase it.I got quite a few replies, and almost
all of them,with the exception of one,i think,recommended to me that I
needed to see a doctor,and self-medicating was not a good idea at all.
My question now is,why the need for a doctor? I'm not trying to be
stubborn for the sake of being stubborn,but genuinely don't see the
need for a doctor when i read on a lot of google groups related to
health about doctors making mistakes,doctors being rude, and even
doctors causing a persons illness to get worse.(especially for my type
of depression,which is very atypical,how many similar cases has a
doctor seen in he's career????)
Why is it so wrong for me to read about similar past cases,and see
what medicines worked for them,and then try those.I mean if one
medicine doesn't work,then i can just buy another one.
I realize my post must sound a little flippant and even as if i'm
making excuses for not seing a doctor,but the questions i asked above
are really geniune,and I hope somone can answer them.
Thanks for reading my post and bye.
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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| Title: Re: I need some more advice,please. |
18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 AM |
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"Sal" <zaman_2756@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f7eb6fa5.0409180415.11d5b37f@posting.google.com...
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
A few weeks back i posted the question what type of anti-depresant you
would recommend for this type of depression.So that i could go to an
online pharmacy and purchase it.I got quite a few replies, and almost
all of them,with the exception of one,i think,recommended to me that I
needed to see a doctor,and self-medicating was not a good idea at all.
My question now is,why the need for a doctor? I'm not trying to be
stubborn for the sake of being stubborn,but genuinely don't see the
need for a doctor when i read on a lot of google groups related to
health about doctors making mistakes,doctors being rude, and even
doctors causing a persons illness to get worse.(especially for my type
of depression,which is very atypical,how many similar cases has a
doctor seen in he's career????)
Why is it so wrong for me to read about similar past cases,and see
what medicines worked for them,and then try those.I mean if one
medicine doesn't work,then i can just buy another one.
I realize my post must sound a little flippant and even as if i'm
making excuses for not seing a doctor,but the questions i asked above
are really geniune,and I hope somone can answer them.
Thanks for reading my post and bye.
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
situation with them is no different from that of other specialists. If you
get hepatitis, you would see a liver doctor, and wouldn't know what to do by
yourself regardless of knowing what was the treatment for other person with
hepatitis. There are many types of hepatitis, did you know? The evolution of
the disease also counts, your age, your previous medical history, etc.
Similarly, a pdoc has to evaluate YOU, and what is good for others not
necessarily is good for you. And about shrinks making mistakes, it is the
same in all fields. There are good shrinks and bad shrinks, there are
shrinks who care and others don't, etc. And there are good liver doctors and
bad liver doctors, .......... You should make sure to see a good shrink who
cares, but no one will diagnose you or indicate treatment in this group. We
are not shrinks.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: I need some more advice,please. |
18 Sep 2004 03:04:18 PM |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
--
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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| Title: Re: I need some more advice,please. |
18 Sep 2004 03:38:23 PM |
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"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: I need some more advice,please. |
19 Sep 2004 01:06:06 AM |
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In message <2r3kluF162fatU1@uni-berlin.de>, Teilhard Knight
<teilhk@privacy.net> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
Here, unless you have insurance or money, you have to go through a GP to
see a psychiatrist.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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19 Sep 2004 11:07:05 PM |
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"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:$8FYbplOHSTBFwid@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <2r3kluF162fatU1@uni-berlin.de>, Teilhard Knight
<teilhk@privacy.net> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see
one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
Here, unless you have insurance or money, you have to go through a GP to
see a psychiatrist.
If you have money, even the pope sees you.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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20 Sep 2004 12:56:19 AM |
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In message <2r73baFl1cjpU1@uni-berlin.de>, Teilhard Knight
<teilhk@privacy.net> writes
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:$8FYbplOHSTBFwid@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <2r3kluF162fatU1@uni-berlin.de>, Teilhard Knight
<teilhk@privacy.net> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see
one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
Here, unless you have insurance or money, you have to go through a GP to
see a psychiatrist.
If you have money, even the pope sees you.
He even sees Protestants if they're rich.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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20 Sep 2004 01:58:21 AM |
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"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eTWgghPDEnTBFwUQ@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <2r73baFl1cjpU1@uni-berlin.de>, Teilhard Knight
<teilhk@privacy.net> writes
"Alan Harding" <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:$8FYbplOHSTBFwid@harding.demon.co.uk...
In message <2r3kluF162fatU1@uni-berlin.de>, Teilhard Knight
<teilhk@privacy.net> writes
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see
one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
Here, unless you have insurance or money, you have to go through a GP to
see a psychiatrist.
If you have money, even the pope sees you.
He even sees Protestants if they're rich.
I do not know whether this Pope would see rich members of the mafia, but it
was common in the past.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "wombn" |
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18 Sep 2004 04:36:42 PM |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:38:23 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
I think most insurance plans do require it. Unless you decide to pay
a higher co-pay.
--
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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19 Sep 2004 11:05:57 PM |
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"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:oiapk09ebq2hv612rg8pv42i6repmaihoq@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:38:23 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see
one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
I think most insurance plans do require it. Unless you decide to pay
a higher co-pay.
True. And unless you live in a large city like New York, it is bloody
difficult that a pdoc takes you without a referral.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "wombn" |
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19 Sep 2004 11:24:59 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:05:57 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:oiapk09ebq2hv612rg8pv42i6repmaihoq@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:38:23 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see
one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
I think most insurance plans do require it. Unless you decide to pay
a higher co-pay.
True. And unless you live in a large city like New York, it is bloody
difficult that a pdoc takes you without a referral.
hm. I don't think I've even tried for at least a decade, so I
wouldn't know.
--
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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20 Sep 2004 12:10:25 AM |
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"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:05:57 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:oiapk09ebq2hv612rg8pv42i6repmaihoq@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:38:23 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:h45pk096rob19tlmo7hhmk3s3kqapd9ujl@4ax.com...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:34:26 -0500, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
Shrinks are the only people qualified to see about your situation. The
not necessarily. General Practitioners are, too. But I, for one,
prefer to see a pdoc.
General practitioners cannot see all cases. In any case you have to see
one
before he refers you to a pdoc, isn't it?
I think most insurance plans do require it. Unless you decide to pay
a higher co-pay.
True. And unless you live in a large city like New York, it is bloody
difficult that a pdoc takes you without a referral.
hm. I don't think I've even tried for at least a decade, so I
wouldn't know.
I once had a go in Portland. And at the end I realized that what I was doing
was highly unusual. And I have heard of others with similar experiences.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "" |
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18 Sep 2004 01:37:17 PM |
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On 18 Sep 2004 05:15:46 -0700, (Sal) wrote:
<(((*> Why is it so wrong for me to read about similar past cases,and see
<(((*> what medicines worked for them,and then try those.I mean if one
<(((*> medicine doesn't work,then i can just buy another one.
Before I started on antidepressants, my medical doctor had lab
tests done to establish that I wasn't suffering from a medical
condition (such as thyroid dysfunction) that could cause
depression as a secondary symptom.
When I started on the ADs, my doctor made me come back every
month for six months, to monitor how I was doing, and to adjust
my meds until I was getting the best results with the lowest
possible dose.
I have now been on ADs for 7 or 8 years. And every year my
medical doctor sends me for more lab tests to ensure that my body
is functioning the way it should.
Okay, so suppose your depression is actually a symptom of a
physical illness. You medicate yourself. And maybe the depression
is eased. But the cause doesn't get treated. And then one day you
find out you're a lot sicker than you realized.
Or suppose your depression is a genuine depression, and it
responds well to the medication that you use to self-dose. But
over time your kidneys start to break down from metabolizing the
medication because you're taking too high a dose. And then one
day you find out you're a lot sicker than you realized.
Those are the reasons we tell you to go see a doctor if you want
to take antidepressant medication.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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| User: "wombn" |
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18 Sep 2004 03:03:21 PM |
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On 18 Sep 2004 05:15:46 -0700, (Sal) wrote:
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
I don't think you have an unusual kind. It just sounds more moderate
or mild than a severe episode.
<snipped the rest because I'm not knowledgeable enough in that
particular subject>
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "=^.^=" |
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19 Sep 2004 02:31:44 AM |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:03:21 GMT, wombn
<wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote:
On 18 Sep 2004 05:15:46 -0700, (Sal) wrote:
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
I don't think you have an unusual kind. It just sounds more moderate
or mild than a severe episode.
<snipped the rest because I'm not knowledgeable enough in that
particular subject>
If I told my shrink that, she'd up my level of fuckedness...
I'm supposedly in the severe category and drogas won't cut it
there are no drugs that can alter my emotions. they can only
put me down and into dreams, where they have no control
it isn't something pills and psych-therapy rapping will fix
the fix is to be not in the space I'm in, and it won't get better
I also know it'll get worse, and I've been there before, too
but I'll feel it a lot more than I did then, cuz I feel a lot more
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| User: "wombn" |
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19 Sep 2004 04:49:10 AM |
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 07:31:44 GMT, =^.^= <=^.^=@=^.^=> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:03:21 GMT, wombn
<wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote:
On 18 Sep 2004 05:15:46 -0700, (Sal) wrote:
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
I don't think you have an unusual kind. It just sounds more moderate
or mild than a severe episode.
<snipped the rest because I'm not knowledgeable enough in that
particular subject>
If I told my shrink that, she'd up my level of fuckedness...
I used to have a link to a little quiz to help decide where you are on
the depression continuum but I can't find it now....
I'm supposedly in the severe category and drogas won't cut it
there are no drugs that can alter my emotions. they can only
put me down and into dreams, where they have no control
it isn't something pills and psych-therapy rapping will fix
the fix is to be not in the space I'm in, and it won't get better
I also know it'll get worse, and I've been there before, too
but I'll feel it a lot more than I did then, cuz I feel a lot more
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "Hap Arnold" |
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18 Sep 2004 11:55:13 AM |
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You should maintain contact with an 'unbiased' person while taking
medication that changes the way you feel or think. There is little danger
of turning into a Mr. Hyde but the need to firmly establish a baseline from
which to compare different treatments remains. Once you start taking meds
you may lose touch with the baseline.
Your treatment is likely to be more effective because you can interact more
knowingly with your doctor, but you should not do without external
reference.
--
E Sempre l'Ora
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"Sal" <zaman_2756@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f7eb6fa5.0409180415.11d5b37f@posting.google.com...
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
A few weeks back i posted the question what type of anti-depresant you
would recommend for this type of depression.So that i could go to an
online pharmacy and purchase it.I got quite a few replies, and almost
all of them,with the exception of one,i think,recommended to me that I
needed to see a doctor,and self-medicating was not a good idea at all.
My question now is,why the need for a doctor? I'm not trying to be
stubborn for the sake of being stubborn,but genuinely don't see the
need for a doctor when i read on a lot of google groups related to
health about doctors making mistakes,doctors being rude, and even
doctors causing a persons illness to get worse.(especially for my type
of depression,which is very atypical,how many similar cases has a
doctor seen in he's career????)
Why is it so wrong for me to read about similar past cases,and see
what medicines worked for them,and then try those.I mean if one
medicine doesn't work,then i can just buy another one.
I realize my post must sound a little flippant and even as if i'm
making excuses for not seing a doctor,but the questions i asked above
are really geniune,and I hope somone can answer them.
Thanks for reading my post and bye.
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| User: "Sal" |
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19 Sep 2004 06:03:55 AM |
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Hi again,thanks for all the replies to my original question,these have
led me to do some self-examination: After suffering from this illness
for years now,why haven't i gone to the doctor? I mean if i had a cold
or my leg was hurting me I would have gone to the doctor with little
hesitation.So why not for my mental illness?
What i think the reason is,it's because of the nature of my illness.I
mean i have searched all over the web for ppl suufering from what i
am,and i can find very few cases of it.If i was actually feeling the
sadness normally assocated with depression i would have been down the
doctors office for some pills years ago,but because i have only the
physical symptoms of depression,and not the sadness, i sub-consciously
think that there is no cure for my illness,and that the doctor might
not even believe me.I even have visions of being thrown out of the
doctors office for wasting he's time.So even though i am 28 years old,
i have almost accepted that there is no cure for my illness,without
even having tried any anti-depressants.Hence the reason i wanted to
self-medicate,I can do so without the fear of judgement/ridicule by
some doctor.
I realise my fears might sound ridiculous to a lot of you,but i think
maybe there are quite a few other ppl with unusual illnesses who
suffer in silence without going to a doctor.
Thanks for your advice and bye.
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: I need some more advice,please. |
19 Sep 2004 06:44:34 AM |
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On 19 Sep 2004 04:03:55 -0700, (Sal) wrote:
I realise my fears might sound ridiculous to a lot of you,but i think
naw. There's a big stigma about any mental illness.
One other thought though: many many many diseases can *mimic*
depression. Diabetes, hypothyroid, etc.... (those two factor into my
depression)
So a full physical and blood workup and such should be done. Cuz it
could very well be something else entirely.
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: I need some more advice,please. |
18 Sep 2004 09:37:20 AM |
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You should see a professional for the same reason that a posting on the
internet doesn't *really* carry any consideration/education with it.
You might even get a suggestion to go drink bleach.
Would a doctor steer you in that direction?
"Sal" <zaman_2756@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f7eb6fa5.0409180415.11d5b37f@posting.google.com...
Hi all, i am suffering from a fairly unusual type of depression,namely
i do not actually feel any sadness,but have many,if not all,of the
physical symptoms of depression:blunted/no emotions,lack of
concentration,low motivation,zero sex drive,lack of energy,intense
anxiety over otherwise normally trivial wirries, and a general
inablity to feel physical/bodily pleasure.
A few weeks back i posted the question what type of anti-depresant you
would recommend for this type of depression.So that i could go to an
online pharmacy and purchase it.I got quite a few replies, and almost
all of them,with the exception of one,i think,recommended to me that I
needed to see a doctor,and self-medicating was not a good idea at all.
My question now is,why the need for a doctor? I'm not trying to be
stubborn for the sake of being stubborn,but genuinely don't see the
need for a doctor when i read on a lot of google groups related to
health about doctors making mistakes,doctors being rude, and even
doctors causing a persons illness to get worse.(especially for my type
of depression,which is very atypical,how many similar cases has a
doctor seen in he's career????)
Why is it so wrong for me to read about similar past cases,and see
what medicines worked for them,and then try those.I mean if one
medicine doesn't work,then i can just buy another one.
I realize my post must sound a little flippant and even as if i'm
making excuses for not seing a doctor,but the questions i asked above
are really geniune,and I hope somone can answer them.
Thanks for reading my post and bye.
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