Posted by denise1966 on August 13, 2005, at 4:31:23
In reply to Re: Had my first ECT and don't know what to do next, posted by 4WD on August 12, 2005, at 22:29:40
Hi Marsha,
Thanks so much for your response.
My current psychiatrist is fairly new to me, I started seeing her about two months ago and she has gone along with everything I wanted to do which is why I'm feeling so guilty.
First of all she added Mirtazapine to my Seroxat (this was not at my request though) and I came off the mirtazapine after about a week because I felt too strange and disconnected on it. I told her that I wanted to try Nardil and then do a switch back to seroxat and she was willing to let me try this. However, when I found out I was to be made redundant I practically bamboozled her into rushing through the ECT so that I could have it done privately before my medical insurance ran out. She has rushed all this through for me and now I want to go back to plan A, Nardil to Seroxat and I'm know she will be extremely pissed off with me.
Also, one of the reasons but not the main one that I'm thinking about stopping it is:-
a) My medical insurance runs out on 2nd September, which means I'll only get 7 ECT treatments at the most, after that she is going to have to find some way of getting the NHS to pay for it and I'm not sure if she's thought about that.
b) When I went in for the ECT session yesterday I told the ECT Nurse I wanted Unilateral ECT and wouldn't even consider Bilateral ECT, the nurse wasn't happy at all and said having unilateral ECT would cause problems eventually because of having to have so many of them and because of the eventuall affects of the anaesthetic. She was trying to get me to have Bilateral ECT because less treatments are needed.
To answer your question about how I felt after having ECT, it really wasn't that big a deal, I had some confusion afterwards and ache slightly today but that's about it. I was very apprehensive beforehand because of the fear of the unknown but wouldn't be half as concerned next time if I do have it again.
Denise
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