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Originally Posted by Wander
I was hospitalized for deep depression yesterday and if I don't improve with med changes over the next few days it has been suggested I have ECT again. I'm confused as I had ECT in June and it seemed to work really well and now I'm back in the darkness. I thought ECT was supposed to last longer than that. I'm full of despair and hopelessness and believe I will never get better. This is making me more suicidal, like escape from hospital suicidal. It is truly awful. I cannot see any way out now the ECT only gave me a decent two months. What else is there for me to hope for. I have had a lot of treatment and always end up back here.
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Hey so sorry to hear! I don't know much about ECT, but that it didn't work for my treatment bipolar depression at all, and hurt my short term memory. But, I'd just try it again, and see how it goes, since two decent months is better than none. Other things you might consider is switching from Prozac to an SNRI like Cymbalta since they hardly poop out, and increasing your Lamictal to about 500-600mg since at that dosage it works like an AD. Also, get your thyroid, vitamin D, vitamin B, and Lithium levels checked if you haven't already. Hope that helps a bit, and that you feel better!