Posted by novelagent on December 13, 2012, at 15:43:41
In reply to miserable at work vs miserable on disability, posted by alchemy on December 10, 2012, at 0:37:56
dude,
drugs don't actually work. get transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy, Call around to teaching hospitals, and if that doesn't work, do a google search for it in your area, or contact the vendor that sells the device and ask for a doc or clinic/hospital in your area that they have sold to.
it actually works. It seems to have efficacy just as high as electro-shock therapy? I'm not sure, although I know it's a high efficacy. Your insurance may cover it, since I think medicare covers it now. I'm not sure, call your insurance co.
If that doesn't work, or you're impatient, don't knock ECT until you try it. I went to McLean Hospital, the number one ranked psych hospital in the country, and they use it all the time with great results. I swear, I am not exaggerating, I saw a guy in my ward that was so depressed, he walked like a hunchback with his head down. It was like seeing a human version of Wilbur, He must have been In a deep depression for several years without a break of luck at all, I mean none. No one sees someone as severe as he was unless they've seen him.
But one day, I saw him smiling, and he held his head up high and his back was perfectly straight. He had his first round of ECT earlier that day. I saw another person, a kid who was so depressed he turned to hard drugs, and he said he hadn't felt better in ages since the day before, when he had his first round of ECT.
You get anesthesia, so there's no pain, and the only real side effect is some memory loss, but it's only for memories formed within the prior couple of weeks, and if you're depressed, you probsbly haven't bothered to do much that would have resulted in anything worth remembering anyhow. The ones who had ECT said their memory just felt fuzzy, but it was only for a little bit, like the day after, and then they were fine. it didn't seem to trouble them much. They were just so grateful to have their lives back.
You can't live your life in fear of what might happen if you do stuff that is necessary to get better, Life is short, and the top doctors in the world are the ones who are using ECT for their worst cases. If you can afford it, you may want to travel to McLean (which accepts insurance) and have it done there. All their docs are Harvard Med teaching docs. They're right outside of Belmont. Mitt Romney recently bought s house on land recently sold that use to be part of the McLean campus. It's a beutiful campus. The food is great, too.
They fix problems after every other doc throws up their hands, and they have an expectation that they are capable of solving even the most hopeless cases, because they do it all the time. It's where you go when docs have given up on you. The fact your doc has only tried meds and won't suggest trying anything else says a lot about how pathetic he is,
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