Posted by bleauberry on June 15, 2009, at 17:51:19
In reply to Re: ECT, posted by linkadge on June 15, 2009, at 16:53:16
If your doctor is honestly going to adminster ECT without even trying a TCA, MAOI, venlafaxine or dopamine agonist, he/she is *not* a very wise or prudent doctor.
Linkadge
I could not have said it better. Thank you Link. A second opinion from a doctor who is knowledgable and comfortable with the best meds should be one's first priority. Like I said before, if one haven't been on Nardil AND Parnate, as well as what Link said about Effexor, and a couple Tricyclics, well, forget it, one has no business thinking of ECT. And one has no business doing business with a doctor who will not use those meds to one's benefit. Their motto is to do no harm. By avoiding those meds, they are encouraging harm by way of negligence.
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