Atlanta 12/12/2013 12:45:00 AM
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Atlanta Psychiatrist, Dr. Darvin Hege, Can Lift You Out of Your Depression

Dr. Darvin Hege is a trusted psychiatrist in Atlanta that has been helping people with depression since he completed his residency at Emory University in 1978. If you are one of the thousands of Atlanta residents struggling with depression, Dr. Hege can help. Most of his patients start to see improvement the first day with medication targeting anxiety and/or insomnia. If you get side effects from your medications, Dr. Hege has 10 modern antidepressant from which to choose.

On the other hand, if your medicine is working so well that you don’t want to change it, Dr. Hege may be able to help you control the side effect. Sexual side-effects can usually be overcome with medications like cialis or viagra and weight gain may be reversed with non addictive medications.

Even if you are not responding to antidepressants, you may need to be re-evaluated by a specialist for another diagnosis or co-existing condition. Atlanta Psychiatrist, Dr. Hege can often discover a mild form of bipolar symptoms, an anxiety disorder, or other variant types of depression. These conditions often respond to other medications quickly, and for even better results, a combination of two antidepressants helps treatment-resistant depressions by stimulating different depression center receptors.

Every day, Dr. Darvin Hege looks forward to seeing who is getting better and who will stretch his knowledge and experience. Hopelessness and pessimism are common symptoms of depression and Dr. Hege knows not to let difficult cases get the better of him or frustrate him. He never gives up and when these patients end up getting better it is the most rewarding of all.

Dr. Hege offers evening and weekend office hours and affordable self-pay fees-guaranteeing you privacy and discretion. Call us at 770-458-0007, between 9 AM to 8 PM Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Saturdays, and 9 AM to 1 PM Sundays for same-day evening and weekend appointments offered at competitive rates. He does not accept Medicare and is local to Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and Roswell.