Posted by mars on January 21, 2001, at 8:11:54
In reply to Re: ECT neurofeedback??? Mars, posted by dj on January 21, 2001, at 2:38:18
Hi dj ~
I did the neurofeeback about five or six months after the ECT. I had to go off all meds before the ECT, which was a bit scary. The hospital where I had it prefers that approach, and I worked with an ECT specialist that my regular pdoc referred me to.
There is always the hope that one set of treatments will suffice - I did the maximum that my insurance would cover. I became a bit hypomanic after the ECT, felt really good but really wasn't working on my life the way I should have been (ECT didn't seem to affect my lack of motivation or rampant nihilism), and then I really crashed. I don't remember much after that, honestly. Not a good time.
Went back on meds after my crash (and my refusal to go off all meds and just use ECT for treatment): lithium for sure, and synthroid for augmentation, but I can't remember what else I was taking. I think Effexor, which I tolerate pretty well. They are helping to keep me alive, I guess, but not much more than that.
I would be glad to find out more detail for you; I don't see my pdoc too often these days, but she might respond to an email. She's really busy. I'm sorry my memory is so poor.
I'd love to continue the neurofeedback, but don't have the funds right now. It's one of the few treatments known to help people with fetal alcohol syndrome/effects, but it can take a lot of treatments and of course the outcome's not guaranteed.
best,
mary
> > ECT was a "peaceful" and definitely *passive* experience, and definitely helped me...initially. But the effects wore off fairly quickly (I had a violent and painful reversal, as well) and the > >memory problems were quirky but substantial.
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> Mars,
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> Did you do the neuro. before or after ECT? What about the impact of ECT on meds, initially and later?
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> dj
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