Posted by Enigma on March 14, 2006, at 11:50:01
1) I've hadd10 sessions of ECT about 2 months ago.
I guess they had a moderate amount of success, as I'm not currectly taking any psych-related medication, minus Klonopin, rarely, and I'm almost able to function normally, but not ready to handle working again.I have sufferent from short term memory loss, and ONGOING memory loss. Sometimes I can't remember a movie a watched, just the day before.
Will this stay with my forever, or will this side-effect slowly fade away?? Is there anything I can do about it.2) I was on Nardil (forgot the dose, but a "moderate" dose from what I can remember. It had pretty decent effectiveness, MINUS the common side effects from this drug. After ECT, I stopped taking Nardil, without doctors permission (my doctor is blanking-joke, and didn't care that I took myself off the med, as has been the case for the last 3-4 psych-docs. I put 0 faith in their abilities (p-docs), to say the least!. I tapered off the drug over a weeks time.
Quesiton - does this drug cause any withdrawal effects. I went though MONTHS of withdrawal from Effexor, for the record.3) I hear the "anti-depression patch" has been FDA approved. Is it now being prescribed? It is helping anyone? How bad are the side effects? Hwo is it being prescribed for?
Background:
I have severe depression, and have been out on disability for almost a year. I have another year left with my work's-medical insurance carrier's disability benefits for mental illness. They will terminate my employment though, in about a month, and cancel my medical insurance. After that, cured or not, I'm on my own.
I mainly suffer from depression, some hypomanical, suicidal tendencies, fantasies, etc., and have tried over 20+++ different meds over the past few years, where not one, minus Nardil (too many side effects) was the only was that was partially effective.
Currently, I'm obsessed with worry, last few days anyway, loneliness, (enough though I have a wife and 3 kinds), fear of never being able to a productive member of society again, never being able to go back to work (software engineer), destroyed self-confidence in my abilities (thanks for my last manager and HR dept, etc, etc)
If anyone could answer/comment on anything I've written, I'd greatly appreciate it. Been a PB member for years, and I try to help out others where I can.
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