Posted by Chris A. on April 18, 2000, at 18:56:35
In reply to Chris A…thanks a couple of questions, posted by Janice on April 18, 2000, at 0:22:53
Dear Janice,
> Please let me know about your ECT sessions. (sounds like they must be helping a bit).
They are is helping a bit. I still have a lot of reservations about doing it. I do experience some short term memory difficulties and confusion. This series has all been unilateral with lower than average stimulus intensities. We do them on an outpatient basis and I am home by 8:00 a.m.
> A couple of questions for you Chris
> •Does your thyroid medication help your mood?
Can't answer definitively on that one. I've been taking the thyroid for fourteen years, but the Cytomel (T3) only for about six months. It clearly helps regulate my weight and energy.
> •Do you experience alot of anger?
Some. It's something that I definitely try to keep under control.
> •Do you find your mood is worse first thing in the morning, and lifts in the late afternoon/early evening?
That's true for periods, but there are also times when the opposite is true. My life is about 90% depression. Sometimes it just happens to be laced with racing thoughts, irritability, rapid speech, a heavy foot and forgetting to sleep. The rest of the time it is slower than molasses in January - not of much interest in anything and very little motivation. Most of the time I am fighting for the will to go on. All of my hospitalizations have been for being suicidal. My diagnois is officially "mixed," which fits.
If anyone has any great suggestions, I am open. In the meantime there is a salmon in the oven for dinner.Please forgive me if I was too much of a downer the first time around.
Chris A.
poster:Chris A.
thread:30276
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20000411/msgs/30487.html