Posted by Babak on October 26, 2002, at 18:18:26
In reply to Re: re; ECT experiences... » Chloe, posted by Geezer on October 26, 2002, at 15:55:13
> Chloe,
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> I would think my results with ECT are similar to yours. I had my 6th treatment on Friday 25 and feel the relief beginning. Does your pdoc have any plans for ADs in conjunction with ECT or following your completion of treatments? Parnate has been mentioned to me and that's fine if needed.
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> I have been getting strong suggestions from the pdoc to start Cognitive Therapy (talk therapy) this is the part I strongly disagree with. It is just my belief this is a genetic, biochemical, and physiologic disorder we have to live with.....I don't believe there is a psycho-social component. It would be most helpful if the psychologists would confine themselves to treating neurotics and stay away from those of us with major mood disorders.
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> Glad you are making progress.
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> Best regards,
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> GeezerGeezer
I am right behind you on that one. I wished the medical establishment would accept that unless you are severely affected by a real traumatic incident in your life the source of depression is more likely to be genetic and physical. In the last thirteen years I have had two years of intensive psychoanalysis (three sessions a week) and then three years of Psychotherapy (twice a week), followed by five and half years of group therapy. The only time my therapist thought that I made an improvement was when, without him knowing, I changed my medication from Prozac to Effexor, which helped me with my anger. ha ha!
I am not saying that all of that therapy was not useful but they were as useful as they would have been for anyone else, even without depression. They helped me stop projecting my anxiety and depressive feelings on to the people around me. That helped me carry the burden of my depression without isolating myself from others.
The only things which bother me psychologically are: a) the hopelessness; if ECT doesn’t work for me and b) if it does work, the sheer anxiety of going back downhill might actually serve as a self fulfilling prophesy.
The last time (the only time) I got a remission when I first started on Mirtazapine I was worried (anxious)and thought that this is to good to be true and expected it to end any minute and it did after five weeks. Now I feel guilty that it might have been my own negative attitude that in some way caused the medication to stop working.
However thanks to you all, I think I am a lot less scared and will see if can speed up the procedure when I next talk to my pdoc.
Thank you all again
Babak
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