Posted by SLS on September 3, 2012, at 0:33:46
In reply to Re: Monocycline, ECT and cycling, posted by Slabicki on September 2, 2012, at 23:57:49
> Hi everybody,
>
> Minocycline and ECT are my only choices at the moment. I have also Atenolol 25 mg for anxiety - haven,t tried it yet.
> Today I was in the anxiety mode for most of my day, and about 3 hours depressive mode.
> I'm so confused right now.
> I wish I could go back to my normal condition.
> I wonder right now should I even consider ECT
> if anxiety continues.
> It's such a difficult decision, because I can't
> predict my body's response.
> I guess i will watch my symptoms and go from there.
My initial reaction to the prospect of your undergoing ECT is one of trepidation. Why was ECT ever considered as an alternative treatment? What is it about your case that your doctor says is treatable using ECT? What is the rationale? I have heard it proposed to use ECT for anxiety disorders, but I have not seen any science to support this notion. ECT is sometimes used for treating acute medication-resitant mania, so its utility does go beyond depressive episodes. However, it does not appear to be effective for anxiety disorders or OCD. Interestingly, of all people, Max Fink suggested in 1982 that ECT was bad idea for anxiety disorders.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7149085
Why are you interested in minocycline? What is the rationale for using it in your case? What other drugs would you take along with it?
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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