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Originally Posted by Yaowen
I have been diagnosed with depression by a psychiatrist. I never shared with him or a psychotherapist that I also experienced paranoia and delusions. Since I have never had hallucinations I don't know if I have had depression with psychotic features or that I have ever met the official qualifications for this disorder.
My heart goes out to anyone with depression especially if that depression is loaded with additional crushing burdens. And my heart goes out to you. Hopefully many people will see your post and respond to it with more helpful words than my poor words. Sorry I could not be helpful to you.
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Yaowen you are so kind. I had mainly delusions with one hallucination during a panic attack for which I called the ambulance.
In my case, there were other symptoms such as heightened agitation, insomnia, loss of appetite, weight-loss, alcohol use (an attempt to save myself) and constipation...
My mother had to fly into town and then a friend had to stay with me... it took a long time to stabilize... Since I'm highly functioning I was turned away from 2 hospitals as they thought it was just anxiety, but I actually told the nurse at one hospital what I thought was my diagnosis (and I was right!) and he didn't believe me.
Anyway, it is a long story...
Thank you for sharing yours, Yaowen, I appreciate it and wish you peace.