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Originally Posted by Sanora
I have been taking medication for 20+ years now so you can imagine the array of them I have taken. I have been wanting to ween off all my meds and detox my body I guess. I want a fresh start, I've heard your body's metabolism can be come sluggish to the meds after being on them for so long, but I am also feeling like I am at the end of my rope with meds that will work. So I have been reading about ECT and I guess am more or less looking for opinion on it. If it could work and I am able to even get off ONE of my meds and their own book of side affects ECT would be well worth a try. Anyone's opinion and\or experience on ECT would be great..
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Hi Sanora,
You might want to watch this TED talk about ECT
Sherwin Nuland: How electroshock therapy changed me | Talk Video | TED.com
from someone who had a huge benefit.
Solomon describes a friend of his for who this worked, but only temporarily and he eventually went for a cyngulotomy, which did work.
Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share | Talk Video | TED.com
If you haven't done it, I think it's really worth while to check for underlying medical/nutritional issues that might be causing you problems. It would be a shame to miss something like that and they are surprisingly common. I made a partial list on post #74 of this thread
http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...escaped-8.html
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