Posted by linkadge on July 2, 2005, at 18:32:17
In reply to Re: What all medications have you taken Denise ?? » Denise1966, posted by ed_uk on July 2, 2005, at 14:40:01
Surprisinly I am not doing too bad! I feel more normal than have in a long time. I feel sharper, I am able to play the piano again, I'm jogging, I'm preparing each day for school in the fall.
I have my lows still, but they feel natural/controllable and not those totally f*d up med induced lows.The longer I am off the meds, I am more convinced that my brain is *not* permanently dammaged by drugs.
8 months ago I was talking ECT too. But that wasn't me talking it was my misunderstanding talking.The doctors don't know how the meds work, but they know, even less, how ECT works, and many times doesn't work.
Just take a look at this board. Sure you have Mr. Scott is doing ok on ECT, but then again Sebastian doesn't recomend it. I would say that Mr Scott's case is atypical.
People I know had it done in Toronto, they are just not the same people. I cannot put my finger on what it is that is gone, but somethig is destincly GONE. They are just not the same people.
Remember Larry? Remember how smart he was? He was like the smartest guy on this site. He has read a lot, and I trust everything that guy says. ECT is the one thing that Larry woudn't touch with a 10 foot pole. LArry wasn't anti-med either. Larry was PRO-RECOVERY. Larry would take anything that would help him get better long term. And Larry thrived too. He was so loaded up with the natural crap, that when the meds failed he had something to fall back on. (Larry is my hero BTW!)There is sufficiant evidence to suggest that it causes irreversable neurological dammage, and I don't care what anyone says to the contrary.
There are so many med combinations you havn't tried yet. SO many.
Personally, I would like to find out what Dr. Manjii's opinion on ECT is. I would be very interested in that.
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