Posted by blueberry on May 19, 2006, at 17:49:12
In reply to Re: ECT sounding pretty good, posted by heaven help me on May 19, 2006, at 16:45:54
Thanks for your response. I appreciate it very much. This phenomenon of antidepressants making me worse is brand new to me. They've never done that before. You're right, a lot of pdocs probably would look at that and say bipolar. I tried lamictal and it made me very depressed and frightful. Depakote actually worked real well beginning on the first day and I was amazed, but after a week I couldn't feel it anymore. Higher doses just gave more side effects. But at the time I was also on lexapro...so you sparked a thought...mood stabilizer and antipsychotic (already on zyprexa) "without" an antidepressant. Hmmm.
I have been reading a lot about ECT and though it sounds scary on the outside, it apparently is usually very effective and fast.
Thanks again. You have given me hope and ideas. The most important being hope.
> I'm really new to this and to the board so maybe you've already been there on this idea, but when I was first diagnosed "depressed" I was given an anti-depressant. One after another they made things worse! Increased anxiety, horrid shakes and tremors, paranoia, sick, sick, sick. Finally they tried an antipsychotic and a mood stabilizer and they worked! (at least by far better than the AD alone). So my Dr. used that phenom to rediagnose me as Bipolar 2 and that's where I am at now.
> Just food for thought in case you haven't already
> :)
> Mary
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