Can't cope depression

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I haven't been this depressed in a zillion years. There's an urgency to it. My main qustion right now is: How can I explain to my kind dentist how to treat me, socially? (He's fine dentally.)"

Depressed - I went off Prozac, with doc's permission, ver proud of myself. Maybe this is my first "unprotected" piece of life. I stil have panic pills, which i'm taking as preseribed.

Teeth - this danged tooth is abscessed for months (my fault), open nerve to let it drain for a week.

I fear that my only friend will decide i'm way high maintenance.

OK, so what I'm really asking is this: is there something I can hand to dentist that will explain to him stuff like how chatting with me before and after appointment is stressful, not comforting? And other details like that.

I know there's something online for Care & Feeding of Your Introvert - I'm look for that sort of thing, but for Aspergers.

Did I mention I got rushed to hospital in ambulance on Monday for stroke? which was not stroke, it's Bell's Palsey. But the experience was a downer. And who sent me? My other dentist.

i feel pretty depressed today aswell but i think its all the coffee and insomnia ive been having do to new sleeping arangements. i also have really bad gums for some reason despite treating them like #1 all the time, anyways i hope you feel better

That's a good idea with finding some kind of guide to help your dentist interact with you. If you can't find something like that online, maybe you could write your own.

I had depression for most of my childhood, but I don't really feel equipped to help others with it, because everybody gets depressed for different reasons. In my case, I had figured out life was hard, and couldn't think of any good reason to keep struggling through it. Once I found out life has meaning, I felt like living was worth the fight, and I recovered from depression.

its simple... if he starts chatting up a storm just tell him nicely your not feeling well and dont feel like talking.

Hey well done you for coming off the Prozac! (I've been off antidepressants for a few months, after many years of taking them...feels very positive but a bit scary, and raw, like some 'armour' is missing, so I understand exactly what you mean about feeling 'unprotected') but it's bound to take you a while to settle down and get back to full mental strength. So the tooth business is just what you need right now, of course But you'll handle it.

You could always tell the dentist if he's a sympathetic kind of person, that you're feeling a bit stressed and don't feel up to talking. I think dentists are used to nervousness in patients, it's a stress-inducing profession, maybe that's why they 'chat', to try and put people at their ease but I'm sure he'll understand if explain that you'd rather he just got on with it. If you can't tell him face-to-face, maybe you could drop him a note?

Your tooth pain might be causing, or a major factor in, the feeling of depression, so don't worry too much about it until your tooth is fixed...it might lift on its own once you feel physically better. Take it one day at a time, deep breaths, you can do this!

Good luck Claradoon!