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Atypical Depression
Aka: Atypical Depression, Atypical Depressive Disorder
- Epidemiology
- High risk for Suicide
- Symptoms
- Hypersomnia
- Hyperphagia
- Carbohydrate craving
- Weight gain
- Interpersonal rejection sensitivity
- Heavy or leaden paralysis or arms and legs
- Mood reactivity
- Diagnosis
- Over-eating with Hypersomnia is a sensitive marker
- Matza (2003) Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:817-26 [PubMed]
- Management
- MAO inhibitor
- Phenelzine (Nardil) 45-90 mg PO in divided doses
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
- Not as affective for Atypical Depression