Posted by LostBoyinNC45 on April 8, 2014, at 21:32:27
In reply to is there a way to have my ECT date sped up, posted by poser938 on April 8, 2014, at 21:25:17
You had a sleep study? I would not want to have ECT if I had never consulted with a sleep medicine specialist and had a sleep study with at least four to six hours of documented sleep in the lab, before I ended up having ECT done.
Sleep apnea untreated can cause unGodly severe fatigue and make you "hung over" looking and feeling all day. Which can easily masquerade as "severe depression." I fell into that trap for ten years before finally getting onto CPAP therapy in 2007. Anytime since, if I have a problem with my CPAP therapy or equipment, I relapse back into "depression" almost instantly. Sleep medicine specialists have their own terms and stuff, for the fatigue and sleepiness they call it EDS or Excessive Daytime Sleepiness.
I'd hate to have ECT when I also had undiagnosed and untreated sleep apnea. On the other hand, if I had sleep apnea and got it treated with CPAP and still had mood problems, ECT is a good way to proceed, psychopharmacology has a poor track record at fixing severe problems.
Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"
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