Rejection Sensitivity

[jennifervescent]

Everyone who knows me well knows that I'm prone to chronic depression, suicidal thoughts, and am quick to anger.

I have what is called "atypical depression" which is characterized by:
-overeating
-oversleeping
-leaden paralysis (the feeling like ones limbs are so heavy that they cannot be moved without great effort)
-mood reactivity (I experience mood

Comments

[cake_o_rama]

Aw, we match.

I hate that for both of us. Does it respond to *anything*? I can tell you not working, laying up on your ass and literally not leaving the bed for a year or so isn't working. In case you ever wondered.

Also the rejection thing, I've been LITERALLY hysterical for 2 years because a combination of age, a 10 year old vasectomy and 2 very high strung offspring left David not initially particularly wanting another one.Also that I live in St Louis is a rejection too. And pretty much everything else too. That he actually got a reversal really has had litttle impact on my dealing with it either, to the tune of him being put on probatioon at work today. Niiice. He's a patient man. He has to be. *sigh*

[jennifervescent]

Dang. That do sound shitty, soul sista. I pray for your family's reproductive parts.

From everything I've read, and now have experienced, MAOIs are the best for this type of depression. The EMSAM patch worked wonderfully for me for about a year and then crapped out, despite the doc trying to augment it with various other things.

I'm starting my first oral MAOI tomorrow- Parnate. I'm reading great reviews on it but the downside is there's a very restrictive diet. If you eat the wrong foods on oral MAOIs you can literally die of a stroke. Tap beer is going to be the hardest for me to give up, but, damn, I really do want to LIVE- and there's plenty good stuff in bottles. But damn, good beers on tap are one of my big treats. Bye-bye Guinness!

Parnate

[jennifervescent]

http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=12342

Compare reviews with other stuff you've been on.

[jennifervescent]

Depression + rejection sensitivity = hermitville.

Yeah, I wanted to come to the last Blue Hole thing, but I didn't get out of bed that day anyway. But even had that not been the case, it's hard to meet new people. However, you've made it easy in this case- come, swim, enjoy the outdoors, eat/drink and say hello. That's pretty damn easy. Hopefully I'll make it there tomorrow.

j.

[jennifervescent]

Wow. We do worry about the same things. It's neat being offered to enter a social situation with all of my goofy anxieties taken into concern (and without having to explain it).

You're very thoughtful and I look forward to meeting you sometime, for sure.

[sistrmoon]

This sounds very familiar.

I hope the MAOI works for you...man, the diet is a pain in the ass. I'm interested in that patch you were on. The Wellbutrin seems like it's not going to work..the higher dose makes me pukey all the time, the lower dose doesn't do shit.

[jennifervescent]

I loved the EMSAM patch but I washed out of it in a year. No special diet required. See my FB post today.

[sistrmoon]

My therapist says there's actually quite a bit of research showing that any antidepressant is going to eventually become ineffective and that it's better to cycle through different ones. I kind of find this depressing, ironically:P