Posted by bleauberry on November 30, 2009, at 17:37:14
In reply to ECT or wait in hell? PLEASE HELP ME, posted by inanimate peanut on November 30, 2009, at 11:44:37
I would strongly urge to not do ECT.
I would strongly urge to do this instead:
Go ahead with the hospital if that's going to keep you alive. No question there.
Use the hospital time to wash out. Perfect environment for that. Then start Parnate. Honestly I don't even see the need to do much of a washout. I would think you could safely start Parnate at 5mg immediately after stopping Ensam. Ensam will take a week or so to be fairly cleared out, but during that time I really don't see risk with low dose Parnate. Then once the washout period is over, you are already ahead of the game and on your way.
Save ECT for the final straw if Parnate failed, Nardil failed, and a couple other exotic combinations failed. ECT does have the potential to pull you out of the hole...for a short temporary time...but it is by no means an end to the battle. On informal anecdotal polls at this forum the negative stories of ECT fairly well trounce the positive ones, and even the positive ones are not anything spectacular to write home about. I have never actually seen anyone claim remission. Nearly everyone post-ECT still needs meds. One's life is likely to be different post-ECT, almost like a different chapter, not necessarily better, not necessarily worse, but different. You'll never be the same.
If you haven't been clinically examined for Lyme disease by someone who treats that everyday, lab tested specifically through Igenex Labs, and had a thorough full spectrum thyroid panel done, there is no business even considering ECT in my opinion. If someone has not tried a potent antibiotic for a mere 4 days to see if a Herx reaction is provoked, or a potent antifungal in the same manner, or an Olive Leaf extract or St Johns Wort to pinpoint a viral component, there is absolutely no business thinking about ECT. We have to cover the basics.
Getting ECT without doing the above is kind of like jumping off a sailboat in the middle of a lake without every practicing swimming in a pool first.
Hospital, washout, Parnate, Nardil.
poster:bleauberry
thread:927524
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20091127/msgs/927590.html