Posted by Crotale on July 27, 2008, at 14:41:57
In reply to For a short time... » Crotale, posted by Racer on July 5, 2008, at 15:44:59
Racer,
I think I have at least some idea how you feel.
I've been frustrated lately by what I know are really quite mild cognitive side fx from ECT: mild word-finding difficulty (anomia). ECT doc insists I ask my regular pdoc (who I don't see until mid-August sometime) about medications to control or prevent such side effects.
I've had problems quitting medications because of the side effects too. And sometimes wondering, if I were feeling better, could I have gotten this under control? (e.g. constipation by high-fiber diet - which of course would require eating at all) Or could I have convinced pdoc to help me with the side effects somehow (like prescribing something for nausea/vomiting), if I'd had more self-confidence? Or would I have been simply more determined not to give up?
-Crotale
P.S. I think I mentioned the main reason I was curious about pindolol was because I wrote a paper about it as an antidepressant-augmentor (and in particular, -accelerator) something like 9 or 10 years ago. My guess is it has at least some promise if they're still messing with it after all that time.
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