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Feb 28, 2023, 11:29 AM
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@samicat was your psychiatrist prescribing meds for that? If so they took it seriously. Also their seeing you for 12 years sounds serious to me.
I guess looking at the definition of Atypical Depression might shed a few clues
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Atypical depression
Atypical depression is defined in the DSM IV as depression that shares many of the typical symptoms of major depressive disorder or dysthymia but is characterized by improved mood in response to positive events.Wikipedia
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What I take from that is with atypical depression, if something good happens the depression diminishes or goes away. I think many people are undiagnosed have atypical depression. I know some people who when they are depressed, they go shopping and buy some things and feel better.
Any depression that disrupts our life I think is serious, so thank you for taking your situation seriously and doing what you need to do to cope with things.
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