Posted by Alexanderfromdenmark on June 16, 2009, at 8:04:26
In reply to Re: ECT, posted by Rdragon on June 15, 2009, at 20:08:50
> > >I haven't tried mirapex, parnate, or >nortriptyline, but I have tried Lexapro, Prozac, >Zoloft, Paxil, Geodon, Seroquel, Abilify, and >Lamictal.
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> > Excuse me?? You want to undergo what could be irreversable brain damage before even trying any of the good medications? The medications you have tried are a waste of time. Clearly you don't respond medicatons that boost serotonin / lower dopamine.
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> > I don't think people really know what they're saying when they want ECT - especially when they havn't even tried medications that have a proven track record with treatment resistant depression. Obviously you are frustrated and hopeless - but come on, at least try a med with a little umph to it before resorting to ECT.
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> > 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.
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> Well it's ME who wants to administer the ECT, the doctor WAS going to recommend it, until both my parents said outright that they don't want me getting it, and the doctor sided with them.
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> I have to admit, I'm not thinking completely clearly in the state that I'm currently in, so I'm subject to carelessness when it comes to decisions regarding my health. I'm just so frustarated that SSRI's haven't worked like they did in the past. All I needed before was just Paxil and it worked beautifully. Now this time around, I seem to be resisting the SSRI's due to my "strange" symptoms. Here are some of my symptoms:
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> -Anhedonia
> -Loss of some involuntary movements (eyes blinking; it seems like I have to manually blink or I have an altered eye blink rate)
> -Low libido
> -Head feels very light/like a feather almost
> -Altered sense of surroundings/environment
> -Altered sense of time
> -No sense of pleasure/euphoria
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> So you're suggesting that I try something like Parnate, Nardil, or maybe even Deprenyl? Out of the three, I think I'm going to try deprenyl first.
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> Here's the combo that I'm going to be on: Deprenyl, Lithium, and Geodon. I want to try Lithium because I've never tried it and I heard it's good for treatment-resistant depression.
I think you need to try meds that works strongly on dopamine. From what I hear about parnate, I think you should give it a try.
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