Posted by garylee on May 12, 2008, at 17:14:49
In reply to OT - anyone know a decent forum about ECT?, posted by blueboy on May 12, 2008, at 15:06:26
Blueboy... I'm saddened to see that ECT is your last resort. My brother and I are both seriously Bipolar II/NOS and have pretty much exhausted all meds out there. He opted for ECT a few years back - wrong move. During the few weeks of the shock treatment he noticed a slight improvement but over all the only good thing was the general anaesthectic each time! ECT has made him far worse than he was and he regrets it now, as over the past few years we have researched more and found there are still some very NOVEL approaches to treatment with meds to try. I'd seriously ask you to consider this route first...
Can I ask you you diagnosis and briefly what meds you have tried?
Thanks
Gary
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