Posted by ronaldo on January 14, 2007, at 7:54:23
In reply to Re: Is ECT all that is left? » blueberry1, posted by Karen44 on January 13, 2007, at 20:49:08
Karen,
It seems you have taken a vast amount of different medications - none of which have helped. Do you think perhaps you have been over-medicated? Personally I am now embarking on a course of coming off my medications on the grounds that they were not doing me any good, and this being the case, then they have to go.
What do you think would happen to you if you came off all meds? Gradually, on the requisite slow taper, with other meds to make the withdrawal process more bearable? Is it possible that what you are feeling now is not your original illness but your brain's reaction to multiple over-medication? This is just my own idea based on my own course of action with Zyprexa. I have not taken one tenth of the medication you have taken. But I welcome the chance to get my own brain back - hopefully in an undamaged condition.
I realize coming off all meds, except for the natural remedies like fish oil, will be exceedingly difficult for you. You might have to take a year or six months off work. But in the end, hopefully, you will have back a brain restored to the condition it was in before you embarked on medication. By your own admission medications have not done much for you. Perhaps you should show them the door. Sounds much easier than it is in practice. But if there are some medications which you have not tried, and which come recommended, then maybe you should give them a fair trial. If they fail then cleansing your brain may be an option. On the other hand I may be talking a load of tripe. I am going to give it a try for myself though.
Maybe cleansing your brain of all meds might be worth a try before taking the somewhat drastic step of ECT.
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