Posted by LostBoyinNCBecksDark on October 24, 2007, at 0:22:35
In reply to Re: To Lostboyinnc, posted by deniseuk190466 on October 23, 2007, at 14:26:18
> Eric,
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> I sort of imagined that Lucida was doing really well after having ECT and hence hadn't felt compelled to go on any depression sites.Hi Denise,
Well, what I read about her was that she had some ECTs inpatient in the shortterm hospital and they helped her somewhat, but not enough. I remember she claimed they gave her the bilateral, at least at first and she claimed the bilateral ECTs cause the usual amnesia, disorientaton, etc. and she was rather mad about that.
I read afterwards, she still wasnt doing fantastic and somehow, she ended up being institutionalised for a while. I read she was stable on some risperdal...not an antidepressant.
To me, being institutionalized is not a sign you are doing well.
I never read anything afterwards about her...she disappeared. Maybe cause she is longterm institutionalized, I dont know. Its rather rare patients become institutionalized here in the USA these days...she must have been quite bad off for that.
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> I did get a strong impression that she was more into the therapy side of things (which I'm not).Definitely she was and IMO, that was a big part of her problem.
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> How did you get the idea that your problem might be sleep related?My psychiatrist referred me to a pulmonary specialist who has a sub specialty in sleep medicine. The pulmonary doctor did lung function tests on me, referred me for ANOTHER overnight sleep study and I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. The pulmonary doctor told me "the CPAP treatment was going to change my life."
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> I get to see my psychiatrist here on the NHS in the UK for 15 mins max, I barely get time to remind him of what I'm taking, nevermind to start asking him questions about sleep studies.Yeah...I wouldnt bother asking a psychiatrist for a sleep study. I think I was lucky in that my psychiatrist actually pushed me to see that pulmonary specialist. If I was actually going to request a sleep study, Id go directly to the sleep medicine doctor themselves or if I had to get permission, Id start with my Internist. Bypass the shrink unless you have an EXTREMELY good relationship with them.
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> I don't think I have sleep apnea as Antidepressants worked really well for me in my 20s, they stopped in my 30s. My logic tells me that If I didn't have sleep apnea in my 20s I probably don't have it now.Yeah, it affects men more than women they say. But you never know. There are other sleep disorders than sleep apnea though, like RLS. Women get that just as much as men.
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> I went to Vancouver over two years ago to try out rTMS and I didn't personally find it very effective. I don't regret going though, at least I tried it and saw a part of the world I haven't seen before.Yeah, I had rTMS as well, years ago. Wasnt impressed by it in the least.
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> It's good to see that you are still around anyway and well.you too...
Eric
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