Posted by Chloe on October 2, 2002, at 18:48:04
In reply to Re: CHLOE-My face is numb...Chloe, posted by jaby on October 2, 2002, at 13:25:14
> I would be really, really curious to hear how long it had been between your last treatment and you 9/30 message that you wrote. Have received your latest just one day later, you sound like an entirely different person in just one day. I would question whether many of the ill effects you have been experience are actually the residual side effects of the treatments, which disappear in a day or two's time.
I am having maintenance ECT now. So my last treatment was on Wednesday 9/25. I didn't have another one until today, Wednesday, 10/2. My mood was particularly eratic over this past weekend and on Monday where I was giddy, impulsive and irresponsible. I feel much more sober now, after my treatment today.
The ECT doc said that if I am acting so manicky, that I should perhaps go back to more frequent treatments...But I don't know how long my insurance is going to cover this. It's also very expensive to take a 45 minutes cab ride to the hospital. (I can't seem to find any other way of getting into town.) And it's somewhat traumatic to go through these treatments. I always wake up with a headache and awful nausea, even though they give me meds to combat those complaints.
I think the treatments settle me down, and the farther I get from the treatment, the more irratic my mood seems to get, IMHO...
Chloe
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