Posted by invisiblemanpa on January 28, 2007, at 9:57:41
I gave up in 06, sick of switching meds, no help, gave in and had ECT, a major mistake. I was in a low end clinic that just wrote scripts, no real help, very unprofessional. Crashing and burning over the holidays, I was guided to contact my nice young friendly family Dr., and he personally called and got me in with a new, modern clinic, I got in with a very up to speed, nurse practioner and therapist, they both could not believe my past treatments, scripts,and especially being given ECT., the said only vegetative or catatonic patients only....anyway....they so far have been great, listening, explaining, working on new med changes, not afraid of benzos, did not blow off my struggle with anxiety...they both put that as the first to get under control, then work on the depression...I still fear I have had permanent brain damage due to the ECT, my cognitive abilities are shot....but maybe I can at least get back to some kind of life again with the help of my new med team......I hope....I Was lucky, if it wasn't for my family Dr., I would still be Dr., shopping and with state insurance my options were almost nil except for maybe a few regional clinics, everywhere I called, it was we don't take that insurance or no new patients...I got lucky....keep shopping if you are not being treated.....make sure your Doc is in the here and now...not 10 year old med knowledge like so many are.....I hate to say it, but the younger the Dr's, the better the treatment......I guess they get burned out just like other stressful careers.....but it is our health they are dealing with..
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