Posted by allisonm on October 24, 2000, at 21:52:56
My doctor changed my meds last week because the combo I had wasn't working (nothing has completely). I am now starting up another drug to augment the AD I am taking. When he was describing the new drug last week, he said it has worked with refractory OCD and refractory depression. My head was spinning a little bit because this change came unexpectedly.
So this week, I asked him whether he considered this refractory depression. He said yes, but it's also chronic depression: I have had it so long and it went untreated for so long that this makes it even more difficult to treat, so he's inclined to call it chronic and refractory.
The more I think about it, the more I feel as though I have just been given a death sentence.
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