Depression

Has anyone else been misdiagnosed with depression before the doctor realized there was something else going on with?

When I first started to show symptoms, it was overwhelming fatigue (what got me to the doctor in the first place). She thought I was depressed, so I a agreed with her to try an antidepressant. All it did was make me fat, manic and impulsive so I stopped taking it. Now, I have depression and anxiety on my record and I think the other doctors see it and think I'm crazy, looking for attention, just under stress.

I would feel better about it if I truly felt I was depressed, but don't think being fatigued is enough of a description. And I would assume if someone were fatigued they wouldn't get much pleasure out doing things they usually enjoy or much else. Most people don't in that state.

And, I didn't know I was sick back then. I honestly thought I just needed sleep. Two years later, and I still feel like I need sleep. But depression is somewhat emotional at the core and that's not affected in me that deeply.

I don't think drs judge seeing depression on your chart any worse than they do seeing Fibro. If anything, I think depression may have less stigma with many drs. It's not unusual to treat Fibro with depression meds (even when it's known to be Fibro). There is a huge correlation between depression and Fibro / chronic pain, and fatigue. They all go together and no one knows which one causes the other, chronic pain can lead to depression, but depression can also lead to chronic pain, and they all lead to fatigue and vice versa.