Posted by Denise1966 on July 8, 2005, at 7:24:47
In reply to Re: ECT Side Affects Versus Medication Side Affects? » Denise1966, posted by SLS on July 7, 2005, at 9:53:49
Hi Scott,
I've made my mind up, I'm going to give ECT a try and the sooner the better because I'm sick of feeling the way I do and then having to wait six weeks or so to see if a new drug will help and then when it doesn't increasing the dose for yet another six weeks and then when that doesn't work adding something else and so it goes, on and on and on.
I had two fairly good, bearable years when the 40mg of Seroxat was helping somewhat but the good effects seem to have died off and I have to do something. So have come off the Seroxat in the hope that the psychiatrist will put me back on Nardil for a month, then even if the Nardil doesn't work hopefully it will do something so that the Seroxat will work again. I'll take the Zyprexa every now and again to keep me going.
Either way, no matter what I do with the drugs I'm going to have ECT, I'll be sure to make sure they give me Unilateral though.
I'm so scared that the ECT won't work if it doesn't then I'll give the lithium a proper try on top of an SSRI.
If that doesn't work then the next thing is Deep Brain Stimulation or VNS if I can find out if they're doing the Deep Brain Stimulation in the UK.
I really don't think I have bipolar, I have absolutely no real motivation to do anything apart from smoke, walk around aimlessly and obsess about what I'm going to try next.
If I'm still feeling this way in about a years time I think I'll just jump off a cliff.
Thanks for your advice Scott, hope you're feeling better with the trileptal.
Denise
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