Posted by blueberry1 on January 16, 2007, at 6:04:21
In reply to Re: Is ECT all that is left?, posted by Karen44 on January 16, 2007, at 0:50:24
> I am going to try Provigil, and in the meantime arrangements are being made for me to have ECT at one of two different hospitals should it come to that. I really don't want to go that route, but my depression is now impacting on my job.
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> Karen44If you think depression is impacting on your job, just wait till you see what ECT does to that. First off, it will take a month or more of treatments, in which time probably 95% of people must take a leave of absence from work. Try explaing that to your boss. If all goes well, and that is a big if, you will be lucky if you remember all the details of your job and how to do it. And don't forget, there are lots of people who have gone through ECT, came out with amnesia and lives changed negatively forever, and their depression is just as bad as ever.
Check out electroshock therapy responses at remedyfind. It is actually one of the lowest ratings of all treatments for depression. Only in literature and hype do they make it sound good. Ask real people.
I sound so negative on ECT. In all honesty there is one person here who does well with it, goes into work the same day he gets shocked, and has minimal problems. According to my doctor, a story like that is very very rare.
A bright side story. One guy at remedyfind went through dozens of monotherapy antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and ECT. Still depressed. He is doing fantastic now. His combo...Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, and Deprenyl. None of them on their own work very good.
Just goes to show you there is always hope, and it shows up a lot of times in combining the right meds.
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