Posted by lost_and_delerious on May 21, 2006, at 18:14:56
In reply to ECT sounding pretty good, posted by blueberry on May 19, 2006, at 16:24:55
Please before anyone considers an ect really think about how well the long term effects are going to be.
My mother went through several series of ect's. Are you in canada or the us?
Usually any suppressed memory or depression that you have will go away for a short period of time but it does resurface and you will usually end up combining the tricyclic antidepressants with more rounds of ects throught your lifetime.
I spent a lot of time talking to my mom and other patients who went through their ects' and a lot of them said that they would never do it again or wished they had never started it, most people come out of the room crying or with a lot of short and long term memory loss.
Just my thoughts for now...I have written that no matter how bad I am that I am never to recieve ect's there are so many other options, and really I have seen what it is like to have gone through every medication and not have any of them work sometimes the newer ones aren't made for your body. but the older standbys like someone said amitryptaline is good try to take control of your medications and what you are doing with them learn everything you can about how you are feeling and what meds you think will work with how you are feeling and don't be afraid to suggest other meds to your doctor...and explain why...
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