Posted by LostBoyinNCBecksDark on October 20, 2007, at 18:00:25
In reply to To Lostboyinnc, posted by deniseuk190466 on October 14, 2007, at 4:05:23
> Eric,
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> It's really good to see that you are still around. I've missed seeing your posts on the other board as they were always pretty controversial, stirred up a lot of reactions and used to make me smile even though I often didn't agree with what you said.
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> So did you ever have ECT and do you know what happened to lucida who used to post on the other depression medication site.
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> DeniseNah, never had ECT as it turned out I didnt need it. However, I would have it if I needed it and I believe ECT is far, far superior to psychopharmacology, psychotherapy and rTMS.
As far as the person you are talking about, Lucida from ASD-Med, all I know about her is that she was institutionalized, had a bunch of ECTs, found out her shrink thinks she is psychotic. Last I read, which was several years ago, she had been placed on risperdal after the ECTs. I also heard a lot of people advised her to stay off of ASD-Med because its such a crazy place and hostile at times.
You have to be very severe to be institutionalized in the USA nowadays.
Lucida wasnt very much into biological psychiatry at the time and seemed all into her psychotherapy. I have no idea as to what happened to her, although I strongly suspect she isnt doing too great with her aversion to the hard fact that severe mental illness is more medical than anything else.
Eric
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