Posted by Anna Laura on June 21, 2001, at 2:19:31
In reply to Re: Help! ECT has been recommended, posted by Gerry S. on June 20, 2001, at 11:47:34
> First, thanks all for the encouragement.
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> The answer is "no" I have not tried any TCA's or MAOI's. All I have tried is Remeron (4 months), Paxil (8 weeks), Luvox (briefly coming off paxil to see if it would alleviate the anxiety), and Serzone (about 6 weeks or so). He was thinking about me trying effexor but, perhaps due to my fears about new meds and my mental deterioration, I suspect he felt backed into a corner--thus the ECT option as his main advice.
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> On anxiety. I have always had some anxiety, but it was tolerable. It just took off a few weeks into Paxil and basically, while fluctuating, has never gone away. The doc gave me Xanax but it just seems to me like an inefficient way to combat persistent anxiety (i.e. 24/7), and so I have been reluctant to use it much.
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> The bottom line is I now feel like I have "depression-plus". I am completely non-functioning in work and life.
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> Thanks again for the kind words of encouragement.
Jerry please give TCA a try!! I had a second bout of depression last winter : i was getting psychotic i mean totally insane, not eating, not moving from the couch, major memory losses (i was getting lost in the middle of the street not being able to find my way back (just like Alzheimer disease sufferers ) delirious thinking : Tofranil (imipramine) saved my life, please give the TCA a try, i think it's worth it; the first weeks might be pure hell, but there is a high chance they might be working for people with major psychotic depression.
Hang in there!!!!Best wishes and a hug
Anna Laura
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