Posted by blueberry1 on December 13, 2006, at 18:51:35
In reply to How (or what) to tell work about ECT treatment, posted by JoshG on December 12, 2006, at 20:23:16
Don't do it.
If you have exhausted trials of various antidepressants, try meds that aren't antidepressants...depakote, lithium, xanax, adderall, whatever...I'm not suggesting specific meds, I'm just saying look where you have not looked, even if it doesn't make sense. Actually, especially if it doesn't make sense. Because up till now nothing that does make sense has worked. So logic has it.
ECT. Don't do it. You have too much to lose if it goes awry. What good are the gains if you can't remember how to do your job? And if you have to keep doing it till the day you die?
I'm sure there could be a positive side. I'm just sharing the negative side. My ECT pdoc told me that when someone goes in for ECT a second time, the odds of it helping are 50/50, but the odds of it working completely are pretty low. He said the risks are "intrusive on your life". And that goes back to your original question about work.
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