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Re: Is ECT all that is left?/blueberry

Posted by blueberry1 on January 15, 2007, at 15:53:23

In reply to Re: Is ECT all that is left?/blueberry, posted by stargazer on January 15, 2007, at 9:23:55

> B...Have you been meds since you were 6 years old without any time off them?
>

No. I had serious year-long bouts of major depression off and on, intermingled with year-long periods of feeling fairly ok. Was always very withdrawn. And yet an overachiever. I wasn't put on meds till later in life.

First med was paxil. After a year on it I did ok for 6 months off of it. Thought all was well. I was wrong. Depression struck again out of the blue like it always does and this time it was even worse than ever.

I have had brief med-free times in the last 10 years and they were all so devastatingly crippling that of the two evils - meds or no meds - meds is the lesser of the evils. Trying to find the right ones, or trying to find ones that will work longterm, is a massive struggle. But the struggle without is even worse. Oh well. I'm screwed.


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