What is Psychotic Depression? EXPLAINED

Depression is a mental illness characterised by dysphoria or anhedonia plus a bunch of other symptoms affecting concentration, sleep, mood and general level of functioning. When depression is severe (usually measured by how much functional impact it has) it can develop psychotic features. Things like hallucinations and delusions.
It is treated with psychotherapy, an antidepressant medicine and sometimes we add a dopamine antagonist (antipsychotic) or perform ECT.
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[@DrSyl]

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[@fredfred7222]

please can you do one on body dysmorphic disorder? I think it is a common as OCD, but can be more debilitating, and in my experience even doctors haven't heard of it. Thanks!

[@aidadiaz6060]

@DrSyl TY so much! I've been with MDD for almost 2 yrs now; I tried 4 or more different meds, adjusting doses and different combinations... I'm still depressed almost all the time, maybe 1 day in 2 weeks. I feel good.. So, the dr told me I have TRD.. I've been doing my own research, and I definitely have Treatment Resistant Depression. But I've had some kind of hallucinations that I mostly know are right away but 3 ocations during the 2yr with MDD... They were actually positive, like more or less what I'm missing from regular life "happened" to me, I participated and this time involved some friends and family... So I found your video because a 3rd time is a pattern, and they are getting more intense and worse. They are gradually getting worse than the one before. 🥺 Maybe now, I do have Psychotic Depression... My family doesn't believe in psychology or psychiatrist.. They say everything is will power, faith and to man up because there's a lot of people worse than me and they are not complaining or getting sick, they work and provide for the family and more... Is kind of sad, but now here is the 1rst time I have said what happened with the hallucinations. And I can't tell my family because that is a synonym to "officially crazy," and I'm not going to take that risk... Again, TY for this, by now you can see how helpful it is for me that topic in specific. Very clear and simple so any "jane doe" can understand so - yay!!! Liked, subscribed, etc. 🙏😌

[@WeWuzKangzNsheeet]

This happened to me. A life changing event caused me to go from a happy, very healthy and fit husband and dad to become depressed, anxiety ridden and suicidal. It got worse and worse, with massive weight gain. I tried as hard as I could to fight it without antidepressants. Then all at once, I began to hear voices, those voices began to turn to absolutely terrifying hallucinations. I finally gave in and took antidepressants. I’m happy to say that I am now two months in tapering off my antidepressants from 15mg and am at 2.5mg and feel amazing and began losing weight. I don’t wish psychosis depression or any form of depression to anyone.

[@Thunder-gk8qb]

Nice profile picture haha

[@justmadeit2]

How long were you on anti depressants for ?

[@WeWuzKangzNsheeet]

@@justmadeit2 i was on them for nearly 10 months. I’m now 4 months off antidepressants, 25 lbs down and back to my normal routines. It was a terrifying ride but doing my best to never allow myself to ever go back there.

[@justmadeit2]

Thanks for the reply. Depression is truly hideous

[@WeWuzKangzNsheeet]

@@justmadeit2 It is, a truly nefarious disease. Hopefully you’re in a good spot, brother.

[@515aleon]

I was dxed with this in my 20s (I'm in my 70s now). I was prescribed first generation antipsychotics (Thorazine etc), ended up with a schizoaffective dx. I saw a neuropsychiatrist in my 40s who said I had temporal lobe seizures (knew I had seizures) but that my depression would never go away until my seizures were under control and that other symptoms were other sorts of problems (OCD). He controlled the seizures and went 40+ with no seizures and no other episodes. Thorazine though screwed up my life for years. I think did more damage than good.

[@onefixitman]

I had to take my younger brother to the hospital today for this Psychotic Depression. He talked about aliens, National Security Administration, markers on dollar bills, moving to higher planes and talking to people that did not exist. I think he has been depressed for a while. I took some video of him this morning. He was completely out of balance and not himself at all. He said he had an equation that solved everything on the planet. He had a bunch of things written in a book and he was explaining to a neurosurgeon this equation. He was not good at algebra in school at all. I hope he gets well soon and they are able to treat him well. Thank you for this video.

[@Rimezeineddine]

I’ve watched a video by Leeor Alexandra on KZbin sharing the same thing but she referred to it as a spiritual awakening, she shared that it was sudden knowledge and everything made sense but then it went away. It was actually beautiful the way she explained it

[@thepudge6953]

Oh my goodness, I will pray so much for him.

[@hemiibabii9799]

All I can tell u is all that ain't delusion brotha..

[@CristyB66]

I hope he stays the way he is!

[@Justrachelll]

@@Rimezeineddinewhich video was it

[@Mebbe308]

My daughter has psychotic depression. She worked as a psychiatric nurse for 17 years. Too much stress and no back up from the NHS. She takes an antipsychotic and an antidepressant but still has Wobblies when stress rears it’s ugly head.

[@swedette722]

This was the best video about psychotic depression. Its really horryfying to go through it. Interesting that its dealing with dopamine and seretonin.

[@KallieMae]

Thank you so much for really breaking this down for me. I have psychotic depression and this is the first video that I’ve seen that I can really identify with. There absolutely is hope for anyone struggling. Of course we will have to live with the trauma for the rest of our lives but I’m so enthusiastic and relieved to finally be able to rest and just be a normal, boring ass person. When I was put on medication, after that initial relief period, I was like “you mean this whole time life has been this easy for everyone else and no one told me?!?!” THERE IS HOPE. Hang in there my loves ❤ please get help. The longer you wait the longer you have to suffer.

[@kirarahazama7945]

Just a question, does this video also seem triggering to you? I watched it when I was first diagnosed with this disorder and was very triggered, but I brushed it off thinking it’ll be better when Im medicated. Ive been on antipsychotics for 8 months now and it still looks triggering to me or maybe I’m just imagining things?

[@Manny-fc8ym]

@@kirarahazama7945you are literally a psycho

[@CatCambak]

I have schizophrenia. I did Ketamine IV treatments and it cured my social anxiety completely but not depression or avolition.

[@May-or-May-not]

I have bipolar 2 and because of that I thought I was safe from psychosis as I had only heard of it occurring with full blown mania. Paranoia was a big sign that my depression had psychotic features. This went along with my delusions and gave me a lot of anxiety which I've never really struggled with before. I also kept seeing things out of the corner of my eye or shadows darting towards me, causing me to blink and then they were gone. I was very agitated and scared while also suffering really bad with the depression. It was hard for me to realize I was psychotic because my delusions were rooted in reality and actual real life problems, I just dialed them up to 11 and had this overwhelming feeling that the universe was out to get me by placing all these problems in my path. It's making it so weird "waking up" from the psychosis because a lot of the problems are still there, I'm just able to view them in a different light. I still slip back into it occasionally though. It's hard. And the depression is still there, but getting slowly better.

[@aamiri4101]

Thank you for making such a thoughtful and helpful video.

[@vincentwong1407]

Thank you for this nice and simple explanation :) keep up the great work!

[@jessicanghipandulwa1687]

I was diagnosed with the same illness i feel better i thank God i am doing better today it does work today i feel good about myself

[@TheGatewayProductions]

Many thanks for this upload! Depression is devastating but we can beat it!

[@boopdooper]

I was recently diagnosed with this along with PTSD and BDD. It helps so much to hear what's going on in my head explained. Thank you

[@tamarawurst4890]

Your enthusiasm and insight are absolutely fabulous ! Australia is lucky to have your talent. Thanks to KZbin for bringing it to the rest of the world.

[@1happypiranha]

All these videos really help bring knowledge about mental health conditions to the forefront. Hopefully will help with the stigmatization.

[@boipelomofulatsi7518]

Dy Syl I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa and I have never consulted a GP who's given me the assurance that they were trying to assist me accordingly. One thing is that medical care in a third world country (let alone psychiatric care) is tricky and expensive. The consuming question I have been asked is "So how do you want me to help you?" ... Of which I'd assume as a medical practitioner you'd give me guide. It's so disheartening and tedious

[@pgpluss1076]

Not much different in America if you want my honest experience.

[@Zen_gamerboi]

My mother is going through this she was in depression for quiet a long time however recently she started shwoing symptoms of Psychosis as well this video is helpful cause i almost started feeling that there is no hope.

[@Sunshine-mi1kr]

Thank you! Nice vidéos. Can you tell us something about dissociative identity disorder some time?

[@aidadiaz6060]

​@DrSyl TY so much! I've been with MDD for almost 2 yrs now; tried 4 or more different meds adjusting doses and different combinations... I'm still depressed almost all the time, maybe 1 day in 2 weeks I feel good.. So dr told me I have TRD.. I've been doing my own research and I defenetely have Treatment Resistant Depression. But I've had somekind of hallucinations that I mostly know are right away but 3 ocations during the 2yr with MDD... They where actually positive, like more or less what I'm missing from regular life "happened" to me, I participated and this time involved some friends and family... So I found your video because a 3rd time is a pattern, and they are getting more intense and worse. They are gradually getting worse than the one before. 🥺 Maybe now, I do have Psychotic Depression... My family don't believe in psychology or psychiatrist.. They say everything is will power, faith and to man up because there's a lot of people worse than me and they are not complaining or getting sick, they work and provide for the family and more... Is kind of sad but, now here, is the 1rst time I say what happened with the hallucinations. And I can't tell my family because that is synonym to "officially crazy" and I'm not going to take that risk... Again, TY for this, by now you can see how helpful is for me that topic in specific. Very clear and simple so any "jane doe" can understand so - yay!!! Liked, subscribed, etc. 🙏😌

[@hayleyprice8345]

Very well explained thank you

[@sridharp905]

Good explanation. Great. Keep educating people like this video. India 👍

[@birds5226]

I have a question because I am kinda shy to in asking to my therapist. In my last hypomania /or mania i don't know yet, I saw something when waking up and another time when I was awake but I was so scared and on high alert because of my first experience. Is this considered psychosis or it's anxiety or nothing at all ?

[@1happypiranha]

Question for you @Dr Syl I have a new psychiatrist, every time we talk he asks if I’m hearing voices telling me to do things. My answer is always ‘no’ but he always asks me. Makes me think, with my Bipolar 1, is this something that likely could start happening - or is this just a standard question to ask since he is a new doctor? It just worries me he asks me it every time. (‘New’ psychiatrist meaning new to me. Not new in practice.)

[@babyscarr3]

I got dignose with PTSD and bipolar schizophrenia and psychosis and epilepsy sezuire from my brain tumor surgery 2 years ago when i passed away but I'm blessed to see 25 this year 💯

[@mols9282]

Such an interesting video keep it up! :) x

[@YourEnglishDosth]

Hello Dr. Syl, greetings from India 🇮🇳. Can you make a video about stigma related mental health and mental health disorders.

[@j9andphoenix]

Hi Window - two questioms for you if that's OK. If a person suffers from Major Depression which leads to psychotic thinking, how many would comply with medication, as I know some believe the doctors are poisoning them? Or stop taking them once out of hospital? I have a second question but may not be appropriate in this forum but is related to this post. I am enjoying your channel.

[@steveneger8819]

I have a diagnosis of major depression disorder and one of schizophrenia the medication I was put on really didn't do anything for me and I snap out of it for periods of time which gives me hope and that's without taking medication but my hallucinations are that of sound and touch I just ignore and blow it off when I do go through such things

[@CROISSS]

great vid keep it up

[@connorrousseau9972]

can u have psychosis constantly when not depressed? or is it only when ur depressed? a doctor is claiming i have this disorder but im hallucinating even when not depressed

[@abellnabella]

I diagnose w psychotic this year.. its hard when i lost interest w everything tht i love. I tried to do those thing back but i cant

[@KallieMae]

Are dissociative episodes part of this? Also, has anyone else here experienced the physical pain that I did when trying to wake up in the morning? Like, eyes burning, head aching, sick-feeling mornings every single morning? I just wish to meet one person who has experienced that with me for the sake of companionship.

[@debrabass2556]

Me!!! Waking up in the morning IS physically painful and feels as bad as coming down with the flu...each and every morning! I thought that I was alone in this.

[@KallieMae]

@@debrabass2556 thank you!!! Yes I was 30-60 minutes late for work every day for a year, but not for lack of trying! I’ve never worked harder in my life, but people just cannot understand unless they’ve been there. I knew there had to be someone else out there!!!

[@jessieteglia577]

I have felt so similar to this and I know my insomnia and nightmares cause a lot of it but I'm just now learning about all this stuff. All of the psychosis and all that, it sounds like a lot of what I'm dealing with

[@KallieMae]

@@jessieteglia577 if you’re experiencing this right now, first of all, I am SO sorry. Second, go get yourself on some Seroquel or another mood stabilizer/antipsychotic. It absolutely saved my life and I was so overwhelmed with relief I cried almost every day for a year. I would have killed myself if I had gone on much longer. Even though I was resisting suicide every day, it got to a point where I was so miserable my brain kicked me out (dissociated) and my body tried to kill me without my conscious permission. DO NOT mess around. Go to a psychiatrist ASAP and get help. Despite what people might try to tell you - this disease will kill you, whether you willingly participate or not. Save yourself. Even if you’re thinking “mine isn’t THAT bad” let’s not find out. Don’t let yourself continue to suffer. If you have any questions about how to get help please let me know, I’m here as a resource and would love to help someone!!!! Give my suffering some purpose and ask away.

[@R_S747]

Dissociation can be part of this yeah, dissociation is also a symptom of depression

[@antoniotolentino8108]

I have this diagnosis, having a psychotic illness is extremely debilitating. The hardest part is having auditory and visual hallucinations. I also have really serious delusions.

[@shardapakhiddey4931]

I cured my psychotic depression after 25 years by doing vipassana meditation. I tried hypnosis but it didn't work out but vipassana is really awesome. I am come out of my misery

[@AelitaVA]

Do you know if it’s something someone with borderline personality disorder can take?

[@ahmedaraale4996]

Hi dr syl is chemical imbalances theory real I have depression mild to moderate but I had too much dopamine due to stress from work but I didn't became psychotic

[@KJensenStudio]

Good overview of this horrible condition. I wonder if this ever changes into something fully psychotic if it's left untreated? Like, can you become fully schizophrenic or psychopathic, with the depression part just sort of repressed?

[@thesaxophoneboy]

Psychopathy is completely distinct from psychosis - psychopathy is now known as antisocial personality disorder, and as the name suggests, is a personal disorder. Psychosis is a mental state with the symptoms Dr. Syl prescribes, that can appear in a number of different mental health conditions (like schizophrenia or postpartum psychosis) and can have many different causes and predisposing factors.

[@SlowWalkingMohairSam]

I'm trying to get a family member with psychotic depression at the door. He isn't ready to open it. I don't know if he ever will get there?

[@kreiziavelija2802]

What to do if the person refuses help and won't get medication and refuse to even see a doctor?

[@5809AUJG]

What if you have a medical provider who doesn't pay attention? I need help, but can't get it.

[@mandibailey9104]

🇺🇸 Only because you ask. Mental health care in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 is so lucky to have you. Once you're attending, there will be so many junior docs & residents who will change for the better because of you.

[@Shamaine_Mira]

Woow interesting, so I landed on this video when looking for a certain answer:In severe depressive illness the following are true EXCEPT :( CHOOSE ONE) A. Delusions of guilt or unworthiness are characteristic features of psychotic depression. B. If hallucinations occur, they are usually congruent with mood. C. Paranoid delusions may occur. D. Around 15% of patients take their own lives E. Hallucinatory voices, if they occur, characteristically speak about rather than to, the patient

[@stephengitau1830]

Another awesome video. I have Schizoaffective disorder. Greetings from Kenya!

[@DrSyl]

Woah, Stephen thanks so much for the comment. I've never been to Kenya but would love to see it one day! Wishing you the best from Sydney!

[@stephengitau1830]

@@DrSyl it would be a fair dinkum idea for you to visit Kenya. You are very much welcome. Make a video about Schizoaffective Disorder.

[@Ladida386]

My mom became psychotic after she started talking antipsychotics. It started with insomnia first. It's like something in her breaks and she stops sleeping. Just like that. It's somehow weather related, when there are summer storms every day and air pressure is constantly up and down. It looks like the weather drains her. She is 77 now. Doctor gave her antidepressants and 14 days after he gave her antipsychotics. But why???? Her sleeping pattern started to improve, she started to sleep every 2 nights, and she started to take naps in the afternoon. Antipsychotics totally messed her up. She can't sleep at all, she is psychotic and I can't explain her doctor that his treatment is just not right. What can we do about it?

[@gemmi1]

I'm in a flare of this right now and am terrified really don't want to go to hospital but i feel like I'm dying

[@baby2567]

God bless you think you

[@sirisaacnewton6396]

Dr Syl, how important is it to remove psycho-social stressors when treating psychotic depression?

[@makeritualnoise]

not a doctor, but someone with psychotic depression (among other things) so this is based on my own experience. but i know for me it was hugely important. the worst symptoms i dealt with were while i was with an abusive partner, and while symptoms never got that bad, i would have issues with delusions and hallucinations when i was very stressed out. ive had probably close to a decade of regular therapy at this point, and even with a good med regiment (no antipsychotics thank god, though i was on them for a long time), i still have some symptoms when im extremely stressed, but they're much more manageable and more on par with instrusive thoughts that delusions, and the auditory hallucinations i have are very rare and usually benign. this is a big change from voices actively telling me to harm myself and being unable to leave my apartment because i knew that the government had set up snipers outside and that i would die if i left along with visual hallucinations of people outside watching me. so from personal experience, definitely cut back on stress and social relationships that cause stress, and supplement with therapy to help you deal with the stress that remains (since there will always be stress in life sadly).

[@makeritualnoise]

@@cheesecurd31 i can try to answer, but i only know my symptoms and how i experience them, which is something that, while having a through-line, are still individualized. that said, i would agree with the assessment that what you've described is ocd and anxiety related. delusions are beyond just paranoid and concerns you're a bad person. for me, it was that i was actively being surveiled and hunted by the FBI. my worst delusion was waking up knowing deeply, truly, that there were snipers set up outside and if i stepped out of my door, i would be killed. so in that regard, i was compelled to not go outside out of fear for my life. delusions are terrifying because even if you have an ounce of lucidity about them, can acknowledge their delusions, you still feel that they're truth, even more than the sky being blue. This was complicated by my hallucinations of vans outside my home, of shadowy figures pacing in front of it, and of those figures jumping in front of my car while I drove. Delusions are something you completely believe and feels so intrinsically true that you don't question it, which is why they tell you not to outright deny what someone is saying when they're delusional. Even if you're at a point where you're experiencing this and have the awareness of it being a delusion, it's an uphill battle trying to convince yourself of that. Intrusive thoughts can be part of it, but its also a bit more pervasive than that, because delusions aren't in touch with reality, but instead become your reality. I hope that helps.

[@NiniannE]

Not believing that the treatment/meds will not work or that nothing is ok or good in one's life is also considered psychosis?

[@valariemgutierrexa.k.a.map6085]

I get rid of my schizophrenic symptoms is by meeting my hallucinations, the voices, in person...here in Toronto Ontario Canada. It's much better than taking drugs.

[@Microtherion]

Ah. You're a 'mystic', not 'disordered' at all. Doctors often get those mixed up. If our 'voices' - literal or figurative - tell us to be nice to everyone, that's not really a medical issue. God loves you a little bit more than He loves bad people, and you knew that already. That isn't a disorder. :)

[@valariemgutierrexa.k.a.map6085]

@@Microtherion I am NOT a mystic at all...it would imply that I think I know what reality is through my spiritual experiences or union with God, therefore, I can justify an illogical space like infinity because of my subjective experiences. If reality is the total system of the known and unknown...they clearly have trouble knowing what reality is. In fact, the DSM would imply that mystics have psychotic issues with respect to not knowing what reality is. How can you know the UNKNOWN? You can't known both thats why it called the UNKNOWN. But reality is defined as the total of both systems. How can they know what reality is if reality is both the unknown and known....illogical... look it up in wiki under 'reality'. Most of their mystical experiences are drug induced anyway so they have addictions which is also a mental illness. Why would I believe an addict...I don't. I don't think it is appropriate to use any religion as a way of scapegoating logic by mocking the person trying to see the thier arguments in serious manner. Who are U to think you have moral superiority over me or the upperhand? I guess saying 'God will forgive you' is nicer than saying 'GOD WILL SEND YOU TO HELL!'. Wrong...saying the latter is THE MOST NICEST EVER and THE MOST NICEST EVER FOREVER. Why is God personified as a human? Well, if people think they are God then I will NEVER worship or believe in God because from an ontological point of view their nature is evil....and thier just stupid humans like everyone else. And who wants to follow someone with no value? NAUGHT AYE. And an abstact God? NEVER....geometry comes from matter anyway and matter can be divided by infinity conceptually... so is matter also the algorithm since infinity is defined as both a number and concept? Right, eh, occultists? Ya, so HIDDEN and secret......RITE! Get rid of the red herring fallacies, your lack of logical maturity shows.

[@Microtherion]

Okay. Sorry - what you just described possibly is a disorder. (I've got one too - OCD - so I'm not inclined to judge anyone). I think that you have some good ideas, and that you've never had much chance to discuss them with anyone. You probably never will. We have to 'heal ourselves'. The system is not your friend. Not yours, not mine. It's *occasionally* useful, at most. We're 'surplus population'. A small fraction of the population are allowed to pursue their interests and get paid for doing that. The rest of us have other interests, and we're denied any form of income or even toleration. These are the things no-one ever talks about. Doctors can't help us - they have ten minutes, and have already decided that we're 'failed applicants'. We need to be the change. When they say 'Why am I seeing you today?', I would strongly urge everyone to say 'Don't you know? Are you a bit thick? You called me, you big stupid douche-bag'. That will at least put them on a slightly more even playing-field with us.

[@valariemgutierrexa.k.a.map6085]

@@Microtherion I just realized I replied on the wrong KZbin channel. I thought your comment was in the 'Theories of Everthing' channel.

[@Microtherion]

@@valariemgutierrexa.k.a.map6085 Lol. Don't worry about that. I comment too much anyway, so you might have seen some of my words of alleged 'wisdom' somewhere else. Have a good day, and carry on with those interesting thoughts of yours. :)

[@celestesssvibes]

Lmao I had PD before when I was 11 years old. They thought I had schizophrenia but I was just so severely depressed I just couldn't yk. I did have lack of facial expressions. I was very apathetic and uncaring of the world.

[@Tulsaistalking]

I find this video fairly confusing.. while i Have most certainly experienced psychotic depression.. in the past minus say 'negative feeling' hallucinations.. i experiences the rest of these at my baseline.. pr what i feel like when i dont conisder myself depressed.. Ideation, anhedonia, perceptual distortions, "negative symtpoms", sociaL withdrawal. This sounds "normal" to me

[@PR-gq6vy]

Very interesting, thank you and hello from Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@DrSyl]

Thanks so much for the comment!! Let me know if you have any recommended videos you’d like me to make :)

[@nishaparmar3694]

I want a doctr who understands me completely,i am tired of my current doctr 🥺

[@elisworld341]

What if you just hear voices and your physically able to do anything but the voices make you feel depressed

[@katyallen5331]

This would be great if you could get to the door of a GP or if services where funded enough; this is not a reality in the uk! This I promise you; it’s extreamly hard to get any help at all !!!!

[@flygbaggen]

I had like 8 or something electric compulsive therapy (ECT) done last autum. Been through a bunch of diffrent meds, nothing helps feels like sugar pills. The ECT was a quick fix, was good for a month or 2 then it was rock bottom again. I have close to manic episodes sometimes, i think? where i buy stuff i really dont need, and im really carefull with my money usually, i see friends, work hard knows how to talk to ppl blabla. But then a week later or around the corner the suicide thoughts are back i stay at home by myself wish i could take someones cancer so i could get an ending date, guilt from things all the way back to kindergarden. I find myself sitting with a knife trying to get used to the feeling of cutting hole in my stomach or my neck. White western male, how bad can it be. Anyways what i wanted to say is alot of shallow memories and even some important things i should remember are gone after the electric compulsive therapy, names and people at work, forget it all gone. Nice memories with my ex, they can be found if they talk about it, but most shallow laying information are gone. Last summer is almost all blown away. So yea, it helped there and then, but i should have really wanted some real information about the side effetcs first, maby i got them i dont know. So if you are fortunate enough to be able to get help in another way, try that first. Worth saying is i have been feeling bad since high school so i guess i've tried most things thrown at me already. Medecine list for intrested: Currently i take, Voxra, mirtazapin, agomelatin daily, then stesolid and propavan when i feel really low. The stesolid does nothing for me, I think voxra helps with energy levels, mirtazapin helps me fall asleep, propavan helps me stay asleep (usefull when u are feeling really shit and just want time to pass) agomelatin does nothing for me. Side effects, im tired almost all the time if anything, dazed my eyes fall asleep but im still awake kinda feeling. But then again, i do have close to manic episodes at times. The current medical stamp is major depressive episode without psychotic features. They have looked for things like ADD/ADHD, autism but the papers dont seem to point towards it. Sorry for long post, just wanted to give my experience with ECT.

[@thepudge6953]

Interesting. I think I have psychotic depression but I've only started getting treatment within last few months and am not diagnosed with anything yet. I have the worse ADHD my doctor has ever seen and he studies me and does presentations on me to learn more about ADHD. I'm definitely psychotic and delusional and I am definitely depressed and anxious. I don't have suicidal thoughts or anything of that nature. I've tried antidepressants and they all did nothing, now I am taking antipsychotics and they are helping a bit with my anxiety, I had knife stabbing chest pain that sometimes kept me up screaming in agony for 3 days or 4 hours of sleep on a good day and the antipsychotic took it away, apparently if you have psychotic depression your suppose to take an antipsychotic with an antidepressant at the same time, otherwise you have no results if you take them individually, so I think that may be what I have and I'm pretty sure that's what my doctor is going to try me on next. I pray for you though. Hope you do well.

[@LauraMorrisrnmd]

I found your video very interesting, what's more I agreed with it! My one disagreement, though, is based on my own experience. I have a long history of major depressions, refractory to therapy and med's. During a severe depression I hallucinated that I was chatting with my sister. They changed my diagnosis to Bipolar1 and started ECT. I had 30 ECT treatments which caused the loss of my speech, memory loss, and cognitive function in the demented range. They did several scans and found areas of hypometabolism in bilateral frontal lobes on PET scan. I was given a very grim prognosis, but over the next two years I improved, as you can surmise. My point is:ECT was not safe for me. An extensive workup showed no cause other than brain damage from too much ECT. And I am not the only one injured by ECT. Check out the ECT justice! Website. You'll find other stories like mine.😢

[@pgpluss1076]

Because doctors are ego and greed driven. They don't care about you or your health.

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

I think I was misdiagnosed with major depression because my hallucinations and delusions are not only focused on depressed things, I think we are being controlled like dolls or like we are in. A matrix or simulation, I see photos moving until I look, I see garden nomes move or black shadow figures, today I saw a fox and the kids outside didn’t say anything about it, the other day I thought a bird was dying in our attic and My dog didn’t react to it, my dreams seem so real that I wake up checking my body and surroundings, my panic attacks have caused me to hallucinate objects turning into humans, a wasp on my leg, I hear ringing and the shower curtain made noise as if a bug was stuck in it but I just had moved it and then went downstairs for 3 minutes, I can’t sleep with my closet door opened, I’ll also hear tapping, the voices are in my head so to listen to music so I can sing along to quiet the voices, and I’ve thought I had a ghost in my house with long hair brown eyes and brown hair, wearing a white dress and things in the attic

[@alejandracardona9864]

Hi can you tell me a little about you diagnose ? One my moms friend was taking to the hospital because one day she started to loose enthusiasm and started shaking and hearing voices telling her to kill herself and cut her wrist and her neck ! She doesn’t eat and can’t sleep in her room it’s like she is a different person ? I hope you would help us

[@giraffewhiskers2045]

@@alejandracardona9864 it’s gone now it was witchcraft

[@wickedwonka9155]

Can you have bipolar disorder and psychotic depression?

[@latifx3944]

Yes. I'm clinically bipolar and have experience depressive psychosis. Staying on my medications prevents me from the extreme effects.

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

It’s actually more likely to happen in bipolar patients

[@silverdweller2809]

ECT can cause pervasive and debilitating memory loss. Also, the results are temporary, they last a few months while the memory problems are often permanent. Not a fan.

[@sunset33533]

The mindfulness book "30 Days to Reduce Depression" by Harper Daniels has good meditation exercises to practice.

[@raelewis9957]

Can depression be a genetic disorder? My earliest memories are of being depressed.

[@apsarasangreal84]

Man! He looks like French Stewart

[@hackshadows]

2 weeks??? mf, ive had those symptoms for 2 years

[@violinbuff3782]

Seems like a very good human being!

[@normsoule4564]

what about having it so bad that you zero motivation, zero ambition, caring about literally nothing including Hygiene or death

[@igor-yp1xv]

Do you ever feel that the fact you are quite handsome distracts people from what you want to say or poses any other problem to you as a science communicator?

[@moonkreekkreek9418]

Are you an M.D.?

[@0judi0bartel74]

They need Jesus

[@silverraindropper8713]

When I had psychotic depression, I thought Jesus wanted me to kill myself. I thought I’d escaped my fate of having supposed to have died many years before, and that I needed to kill myself for God (on his command of course) so that my body would not be taken over by demons that were starting to effect my behavior. Anyway I had more faith in Jesus at this time in my life than ever before, and it wasn’t really helping. I needed psychiatric hospitalization so that I didn’t act on my religious delusions. I let them keep me in a hospital until I thought I was sane enough to make the choice not to kill myself when I left.

[@SerpentineDeity]

Talk to a mental health professional? How taboo. Kidding. Kidding.

[@pgpluss1076]

Well they aren't of any use and charge too much only to try to dope you up and make sure you pay them every 3 weeks to 3 months for the visitation rights. Mental health professionals are jokes.

[@ashtongrist]

The body is always rotting

[@patticakes74]

Slow down and stop waving your hands around

[@ganeshapsychedelicrock4027]

Weed helps me, I'm 39 and hate my life because of my mental state, the only thing I've found to work after being heavily medicated for Depression and Lower disc prolapse' and failed operation, Tramadol 400mg, Sertraline150mg, Omeprizal 20mg, Duluxotine 60mg, Pregabalin 600mg, Diphenhyframine 25mg Mirtazapine 15 mg all daily for 7 years, and although I don't find it helps my physical pain Cannabis is the only thing I've ever found that helps me, it just gets rid of that low mood and then I can actually take my headphones off!

[@supme7558]

Except like all things it loses affect and stops working

[@ashtongrist]

Statistical. What a joke

[@sandeeppakhiddey]

I cured my psychotic depression after 25 years by doing vipassana meditation. I tried hypnosis but it didn't work out but vipassana is really awesome. I am come out of my misery