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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
I took a whole bnch of different meds for a year until I ended up in a severe depression and agreed to ECT.
After the ECT I felt amazing. I felt happy for the first time in over a year and really for my entire adolescence. I was so hopeful and happy and energized. I did not consider it hypomania. Then I remember getting depressed again...then I definitely went back up. At the time I refused to recognize it. I went off meds and out of treatment completely for six years.
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Thank you for all the information and advice! It is really helpful and gives me a new understanding of the diagnosis. I wasn't aware of hypomania showing in the form of irritability and tearfulness. I have had issues with both, but I am still up in the air as to whether they are symptoms of MDD or actually Bipolar II.
Were you nervous to try ECT? I have considered looking into it but after reading about it the whole procedure sounds terrifying and confusing to me. How did the procedure feel? You only had it done once, or is it ongoing for a period of time?