Posted by alchemy on June 16, 2009, at 1:46:05
In reply to Re: ECT was good for me, posted by morganpmiller on June 16, 2009, at 1:25:21
> So I guess you couldn't follow up with meds to maintaing the feeling post ECT?
- Unfortunately not. I have been depressed & on meds for about 20 years. I'm on a fairly good regimin now considering my past & my drug trials, but it's not good enough.
> Is the treatment somewhat long term? I guess it kept you out of the deep depression for a while.
- The short term treatment lifted me out of a black hole permanently. The "high" effects decreased, but not to the black hole.
For me, long term treatment doesn't seem to be real beneficial. But I know of one person that gets a monthly "fix". Kitty Dukakis has a book called 'Shocked' where she doesn't take meds and just gets "shocked" when she feels her bipolar coming on.>Did you have bilateral? I'm assuming you did.
- I think I said bilateral, but I meant unilateral (just one side). I don't think many drs to bilateral.
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