Posted by invisibleman15010 on August 8, 2006, at 15:53:37
In reply to Re: Another Failed Med. Cocktail.....Help..Suggestions » invisibleman15010, posted by blueberry on August 8, 2006, at 15:13:57
Blueberry, Thanks for the excellent info. Funny you mentioned ECT doesn't have any drug reps. out there pushing it, that is exactly what my Psy. doc said. He said, with a thick Russian accent"I am not going to make any more money by giving you ECT Treatment, actually it is more of a hassle, because I have to meet you at the hospital very early in the morning....etc."
I was actually thinking of asking to start ECT, with followup and restart Effexor XR with a Benzo..Effexor XR was the best run and longest run I have had so far, well over a year. The 4 antidepressants now, plus the benzos......is just not working at all....I am dead in the water....I want to start living, not continue dying.....
Jedi, had some good advice to about trying Nardil or Parnate if the antis did not work any longer. The MAOI's scare list does just that, scare me. That is almost one of the reasons why I think I quit Effexor was all of the horror stories about getting off of it.(Babble info Overload) Actually I had no trouble, and in the end I was emptying the little pills out of the capsules until I was down to zero. I have been through so many med changes and life crisis over the past few years, I don't remember why I quit each. Though I do remember the horrible reaction to Paxil and Zoloft. Thanks again guys, I feel better about approaching my Psy doc., when I have good info going in, they don't usually get that. I have found that writing him a letter before hand and copying my therapist has been very beneficial, as I tend to forget once I get in any hospital/ clinic enviroment.....more anxiety ...oh my!
Thanks again so much. Bless you all!
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