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Do I have some sort of disorder? Or just depression?
I'm currently 17 years old, I've been seeing a psychologist for about a year now. My psychologist has diagnosed me with depresson and a small social anxiety disorder. I was prescribed Lexapro as an anti-depressant, which I was going to start taking (this was about...7 months ago) but I never did because I was too worried about side effects and such (I can be verrry paranoid), so I just told my doctor I wanted to try to work it out on my own. But anyway, that's just a little background.
Lately I've been wondering if there's more that's wrong with me, though. For example, I don't necessarily fight a lot, but when I do get angry I can get reeally angry. Sometimes I just get random bursts of this almost uncontrollable anger where I just feel like I can't control. I don't ever hit or throw anything really, but boy do I feel like it. I tend to get irritated very easily; even the smallest, slightest thing that someone is doing or saying can just really irritate me and put me in a bad mood. It's like I have no patience. I also tend to over analyze a lot. For example, I can spend hours analyzing and thinking about the way someone responded to a question I asked, or a statement they said. It's insane! Not only is it a waste of time, it distracts me doing important tasks and also causes me to overcomplicate relationships and such. I can go for a really long time without eating, but then when I do eat it's almost like I can't stop. Even if I'm extremely full, I could just continue eating and eating for no reason. My moods go up and down like a roller coaster, also. I can get extremely depressed for a couple hours, and then after a while and I can like a really strong high and do crazy things. I can go from being unstoppable and extremely confident to extremely deppressed and suicidal in no time.
Sorry that was so long, I'm just sort of confused about all of this. My psychologist never really says anything about any of it other than depression, so I was just wondering? Thanks for any advice, input, etc. !
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Hi, I'm old enough to be your grandfather; hopefully the wisdom that comes with age and life experiences will be helpful.
Lexapro was and is a drug approved for administration to younger patients suffering from depression. There are very few, according to the article I read only two, drugs FDA approved fro teenage depression. The side effects of a drug do not effect every person the same, some people report no side effects from a drug or only suffering them for a short time while their body gets accustomed to having the drug in it.
You are approaching the age where you can have adult antidepressant drugs; a change in medication may be possible at this time.
As someone who suffers from depression I can tell you with certainty that antidepressants do work. With the medication doing its job you can face the problems you wrote about much more forthright with your talk therapist.
I do believe you need to speak to a psychiatrist to be put on the proper medication. A psychiatrist is the best doctor to prescribe this medication as depression is generally caused by a hormonal imbalance of two hormones that work in the brain.
You also need to talk to a psychiatrist about the different mood swings you wrote about as these are signs of a different type of depression which would require different medication and treatment.
I am a person who is very reluctant to take pills. Due to a car accident I also suffer from chronic pain which is the cause of my depression. My pain doctor and I once had a knock down drag out fight over my not taking extra, they call it breakthrough medication, when I needed it. It took him, working with my therapist forever to convince me to take this medication when I needed it. What I learned was that if you take medication when the body needs it, you give the body a chance to heal. By not taking your antidepressants you are not giving your body a chance to heal itself.
The side effects of a medication can be temporary. If they continue to be a problem the doctor can try a different medication. Your goal is to heal yourself. To do so you need to be compliant with the doctors direction as well as forthright with the doctor(s) in in saying when something is wrong or effecting you in away you don't like.
By working with your doctor, telling your doctor everything that is not right; no mater how trivial you think it may be. This is how you get better.
The reason your psychologist talks only about depression is most of what you have written about are symptoms of depression. The eating binges, the mood swings, being lethargic, anger and everything else are all part of your depression. While I hate to harp on it, medication will help with most if not all of this. Once the symptoms are under control you and your psychologist can work at getting at the root cause of your depression.
I said in the beginning it was an auto accident that caused my depression. That is only partly true; the accident was the trigger. With medication and through therapy my therapist and I worked to find the root cause which was buried much deeper.
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