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Posted by snapper on April 12, 2004, at 16:27:42
Hi, does anyone know if having ect might equate a future resistance to meds. I ask this because I am going to my pdoc this thursday and we have tried "virtually everything" and I am going to strongly "reccomend to him" that we give ect another trial...I had a decent response to it in fall of 2001 but I was on FXR at the time and I also did something very dumb and decided that I felt so good that I thought I could handle alcohol- which slowly then pretty quickly brought me back down in to the 'pits' again... I am sick of just getting partial or no response from AD's -- I would love to exercize and incorporate some other things into my life to help keep the depression at bay but right now I just am so low that I physically am so fatigued that it is next to impossible to do anything. Also my pdoc won't prescribe stims to me because I have abused them in the past so that option is out for 'get up and go'! I just feel like my brain needs a "jumpstart"
so I can incorporate some major lifestyle changes like consistant excersize , losing weight, eating right, and NOT drinking again!!- so I can start to have a life again.. does this make sense to anyone? any replies are appreciated !
thanks
snapper
Posted by SLS on April 12, 2004, at 16:55:41
In reply to ECT and future med resistance?, posted by snapper on April 12, 2004, at 16:27:42
> Hi, does anyone know if having ect might equate a future resistance to meds.
I have never heard anything like this, not that that proves very much. I would think that ECT would, if anything, render you more likely to respond to medication, not less. Unfortunately, so little is understood about the brain, that it is impossible to give any guarantees. However, if I were to face the decision as to whether or not to try ECT, I wouldn't place much importance on this concern.
- Scott
Posted by ravenstorm on April 14, 2004, at 21:00:49
In reply to Re: ECT and future med resistance?, posted by SLS on April 12, 2004, at 16:55:41
If you go to the "tips" section and look for ECT, I think I remember reading something about a guy who didn't respond to any meds and then had ECT which helped him AND he then successfully responded to celexa afterwards.
I think for many people ECT may not be the "cure" but then enables people to be responsive to meds.
I would talk to whoever you plan to get the ECT from about it. . .I would think they would be knowledgeable about such things. (or at least I HOPE they would be!)
Posted by snapper on April 14, 2004, at 21:43:27
In reply to Re: ECT and future med resistance?, posted by ravenstorm on April 14, 2004, at 21:00:49
> If you go to the "tips" section and look for ECT, I think I remember reading something about a guy who didn't respond to any meds and then had ECT which helped him AND he then successfully responded to celexa afterwards.
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> I think for many people ECT may not be the "cure" but then enables people to be responsive to meds.
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> I would talk to whoever you plan to get the ECT from about it. . .I would think they would be knowledgeable about such things. (or at least I HOPE they would be!)>thanks Ravenstorm, I'll look into that. I see my pdoc tommorrow and I am just hoping to God that he will see things my way and will allow me another trial of ECT and then hopefully that will be a basis to which 'effective meds could be added'
snapper
Posted by Sebastian on April 15, 2004, at 12:11:55
In reply to ECT and future med resistance?, posted by snapper on April 12, 2004, at 16:27:42
ECT helped the drugs to work better for me.
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