Posted by gpznos on February 26, 2013, at 8:16:57
In reply to Re: To ChicagoKat Question on ECT, posted by Meltingpot on February 26, 2013, at 5:27:29
> Hi gpznos,
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> Thanks for getting back to me on this. Were the bad periods after having ECT any worse than how bad you felt before having ECT?Oh no. I was way down in late November. I was at the time on 115 mg Nort, 7,5 mg Mirt and 37,5 mg Valdoxan. I have been om drugs for 5 years now. Maybe the Nort pooped on me, Chicagokat thought so...
For me in that situation ECT was maybe the right move but it is no long term solution. Fellow patients had mixed results: One younger girl was very pleased with it. And also 2 elderly ladies. But who knows how they are doing now? Another severely depressed woman in her 40s had no result after 12 sessions. A young man in his 20s had sort of the same experience as me: It helped and got better but soon the effect vanished and it was back to "normal" up-down life.
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> What meds were you trying after ECT that you hadn't tried before?Lithium 600 mg and I am starting Marplan (MAOi)in 2 days time. For no logic reason I am feeling good right now for a whole week although I have stopped both Lexapro and Mirt (both small doses) because of the Marplam start.
> I'm not suicidal at the moment as the Seroxat 40mg helps a lot. It keeps me functioning and working anyway, I just never really feel like I'm enjoying anything or looking forward to anything?I dont think ECT will bring you there but who knows we are all different...
Please remember (ha ha) that ECT most likely will make you forget a lot of stuff so if you are working or studying it will handicap you some
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> Denise
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