Posted by Elizabeth on May 7, 2002, at 1:03:39
In reply to My ECT experience's, posted by Mags on May 6, 2002, at 11:36:58
Hi Mags. I'm sorry to hear the ECTs don't seem to be helping you. Does your doctor think that you may still respond after the next couple of sessions? Do you know what you want to try if the ECT still hasn't worked after next week?
When you say that you "haven't been given enough" medication, do you mean that you didn't get to a high enough dose of the meds you tried? That is a pretty common problem, believe it or not. Lots of people don't have adequate trials of medications, either not trying a high enough dose or not taking them for a long enough time before they give up.
I'm not sure why you might need high doses of drugs in general. Did your doc say anything about that?
Best of luck. I hope things get better for you.
-elizabeth
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