That's how I feel GG, like "why can't I do more?" I was thinking ADD, but that doesn't fit. Then with the feelings of normalcy or excitement and then the lows, I was thinking bipolar. With the external factors helping the mood swings along, I was worried about borderline. But atypical depression puts all of my symptoms together and it fits. What a relief if this is it.

I had good luck with Celexa at a low dose until outside factors changed and it got to be too much to handle, but my family practice doc wouldn't increase the dose. I'm just now, 9 months later, getting myself in for a medication evaluation by a psychiatrist. I've only had internists or GPs "diagnose" me before after listening to me for 10 minutes.