Posted by lcat10 on March 31, 2007, at 20:33:13
In reply to Re: re ECT, posted by deniseuk190466 on March 31, 2007, at 6:42:10
I guess I am a little less depressed and might have been helped more if I had continued with the ECT. I know the ECT doctor who did all but the last treatment with me is expecting me on Monday. He was of a mind that I would need 10-12 treatments, and so next Monday would have been number 10. But he was on vacation this week, and I wasn't about to let the other doctor zap me. I think that for me the worst part of it all was the anesthesia issues and complications. I think I should have had a consult with my pulmonary doctor, Dr. Hall, before starting and with the neurosurgeon who did my cervical spine surgery, Dr. Brown. Their input would have been important.
As far as the disorientation is concerned, it is diminishing. The anterograde amnesia is not yet diminishing. And, I have retrograde amnesia, the extent of which I am not yet sure. How do you know what you don't remember?
No I have never taken desipramine before. I am starting out at 50 mg. for three days and then up to 100 mg. and then blood work. I was on Nortriptylene before, however, and had a severe allergic reation to it--high fever and skin rash with peeling of the skin on my palms. The two medications are similar, and the pharmacist was not so sure about giving it to me given that I am listed as allergic to nortriptylene. We shall see how things go.
> Hi,
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> I'm glad to hear the ECT treatments have helped you a little and sorry to hear about the problems you are experiencing. In what way do you think it helped? I hope the problems resolve.
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> Let us know how you get on with the desipramine, have you taken it before?
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> Denise
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