What careers/jobs best suited for constantly tired people?

Actually, risperdal is FDA approved for the bipolar type of depression. I dont take it, my diagnosis is not bipolar.

Ive read of stories where people took risperdal with antidepressants and after the Pdoc took the risperdal off, the anti-depressants no longer work well. The theory is the risperdal (and similar anti-psychotics) deplete dopamine so much that it causes subtle brain damage...mood disordered people are more susceptible to this than those whose primary problem is psychosis, such as schizophrenia. The patent gets left hanging, the Pdoc will deny it and blame it on the "headcase" patient and it all become a huge mess.

Risperdal is also used in some agitated depressed patients for pure behavioral control. Not to make the depression problem better, but just to "shut your sh*t down" and sedate the crap out of you. Pdocs have curbed that practice in the last ten years somewhat, with the type II diabetes risk from atypical anti-psychotics. But they used to do it all the time. Ive even heard of purely depressed/anxious patients (no psychosis whatsoever) being put on low dose risperdal for insomnia!!!!

49er wrote:""Risperdal is a medication given for a depression that is different than SAD.""

Sorry for this OT response but Risperdal is an antipsychotic. Many times, antipsychotics are used to augment depression meds that aren't working.

As far as the effectiveness, a retired psychiatrist has written several blog entries greatly questioning whether they work as an augmentation strategy.

http://1boringoldman.com/index.php?subm ... psychotics

For the horrific side effects that these drugs cause, frankly, I question whether the risk/benefit equation favors the patient. Obviously, each person who is suffering from depression has to make that decision but sadly, they are not given enough information many times to make a truly informed choice.

49er

SleepyEyes21 wrote:. . . . SAD stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder. This type of depression is usually seen in people who live in places where they go without sunlight for long periods of time (for example, in Alaska) . . .

--and it can happen to people much further south. I have always felt invigorated in brightly lit places,
and felt something was lacking in places with minimal light. Not quite SAD, at least not officially,
but one experience stands out. I was being taped doing a craft demonstration for TV,
and the klieg lights were WONDERFUL!

You will find some interesting articles here: stopdepressioncure . com
I hope this helps

I'm about to be on a 10 hour a day 6 days a week schedule. I will probably lose my employment because of this; I find it really hard to make it through the day as it is. I understand the OP; this fucking disease sucks everything out of you. Of course he's depressed; going without sleep makes you depressed. I know myself, I would be remarkably more "upbeat" if I wasn't goddamned wiped out every day.

Noctuary wrote:I'm about to be on a 10 hour a day 6 days a week schedule. I will probably lose my employment because of this; I find it really hard to make it through the day as it is. I understand the OP; this fucking disease sucks everything out of you. Of course he's depressed; going without sleep makes you depressed. I know myself, I would be remarkably more "upbeat" if I wasn't goddamned wiped out every day.

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Best job for someone constantly tired? Working at a funeral home. You are expected to look sad, kinda tired and polite and respectful rolled into one. Kind of a weird combo. Kinda like how a lot of people act when they have untreated apnea, although some are very irritable and not polite nor respectful until they get on CPAP and some decent sleep again.

Funeral home worker, mortuary worker...anyplace where you can get away with having cancer face all day long and not be told to "cheer up" or "dont look so tired all the time."

I will read it later but very interesting thread. I really like that phrase "constantly tired people".I think others might prefer to say frequently fatigued individuals, but to me, what matters most is the simplicity.