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Posted by MattSanz on December 14, 2008, at 16:36:59
Hello,
I was just wondering if anyone has had any experiences where they've gotten ECT and it has helped their anxiety in addition to their depression? I'm currently going through ECT. I've had 4 treatments and already I've felt beneficial effects on my depression, but my daily anxiety is still very high. Should I expect relief from anxiety in addition to the depression? Thanks!-Matt
Posted by Phillipa on December 15, 2008, at 0:17:25
In reply to Does ECT help anxiety?, posted by MattSanz on December 14, 2008, at 16:36:59
I asked a pdoc once he said no but that's just one opinion. Good luck glad your depression is lifting. Love Phillipa
Posted by jakeo29 on December 15, 2008, at 10:09:55
In reply to Re: Does ECT help anxiety? » MattSanz, posted by Phillipa on December 15, 2008, at 0:17:25
I also wonder if ETC could (although because it's somewhat stigmatized and $$$$, they only use it for severe depression and/or psychosis) help with Social anxieties, autism, ADHD, moderate depression. I wonder also the same for TMS (Tran$cranial Magnetic $timulation)
Posted by bleauberry on December 15, 2008, at 17:41:06
In reply to Does ECT help anxiety?, posted by MattSanz on December 14, 2008, at 16:36:59
ECT helped my depression only in very minor ways leading up to the 12th treatment (3 per week for a month). In my diary after each treatment I commented how I actually felt worse than before and kind of paranoid or schizophrenic. Anxiety was definitely worse. I must have improved at least a little because here at pbabble I made a comment that ECT somehow made my prozac and zypexa work better. They weren't working at all anymore after 8 years, so I guess even a little was better than nothing.
But I don't remember any of it. Thank you ECT for that. I can only go by the diary and infrequent visits to pbabble. I would have come here more often except I forgot it existed.
Anyway, after the 12th treatment I had amazing anti-anxiety. I was calm on a stage in front of many people, talking in a loud microphone as if I was a world class speaker.
That lasted 2 days and then I was in an ambulance to the hospital from ECT failure. Crashed harder than ever before ECT.
So who knows. Everyone is different. I wish you were not doing ECT. But oh well, we all have to do what we think is best at the time. As I did.
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