Posted by Sarah T. on October 3, 2005, at 2:01:14 [reposted on October 5, 2005, at 21:44:47 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Losing hope, posted by Deneb on October 3, 2005, at 1:43:14
Deneb, in the post above, you wrote, "I marvel at just how little meds do for me." That is most likely because you are not on the right meds yet or perhaps your current meds or med dosages need some adjustment. I do hope you will read or re-read my post above, the first one I wrote on October 2nd in this thread. It's very important for your doctor to understand what's going on with you. He needs a complete picture in order to help you.
As for diagnostic labels, frankly, I'd stay away from them, or just let your doctor use them for insurance purposes (or whatever they do in Canada). What's most important is that you find a really good therapist who can help you to deal with your feelings in more appropriate, constructive ways. The next most important thing, after finding a therapist, is to find a good psychopharmacologist (it might turn out to be the same person as the talk therapist) who can work with you to find the right medicine cocktail so that you can focus on your studies and do the things that make you feel good about yourself. In the post above, I spoke about the apathy and amotivational syndromes characteristic of ssri's. One of the problems associated with that side effect (apathy and amotivation) is that the very nature of the problem makes it less likely that the patient will report it to the doctor!
I'm hoping this week is better for you. When in doubt, study!
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