Posted by Karen44 on July 18, 2006, at 20:40:16
In reply to Re: Sick and tired of medications, posted by blueberry on July 18, 2006, at 16:32:54
> I agree with Meri-Tuuli...st johns wort and rhodiola rosea are amazing herbs. Take one or take both.
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> And don't rule out electroconvulsive therapy. ECT has a success rate of 70% - 90% (the 70% range is for the elderly), with minor side effects compared to what you've experienced from meds and depression. ECT is for people who do not respond well to meds or who cannot take meds due to side effects and when a rapid response is desired.
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> Of the 20 or 30 meds I've ever taken, nothing, I mean nothing, ever worked nearly as good as the Kira brand st johns wort.
Well I appreciate your comments, but there is no way I would ever consider ECT. My job requires me to have a good memory for events, current, recent, short-term, and long term. I go to court to testify about cases, and I would not have a job anymore if I could not remember my cases. YIKES; I'm not ready to give up working.I think right now part of the problem is my physical problems too. I have continued to cough up blood daily; it's not cancer; that was ruled out per a CT scan recently; but lungs inflamed and pooling of blood; it hurts to breathe; I emailed my pulmonary doctor today; he wants me to get a bronchoscopy to rule out infection or something else. It hurts to breathe, and so I am in a funk over this as well as the fact that I am firing my psychiatrist Friday and looking at going to someone else. So, I am not on any psychotropic medication at the present time, though some was prescribed last Friday. I decided not to take it for now until I see a new doctor and see what he or she thinks.
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