Your experiences are quite similar to mine. My current pdoc suggested that it was time to consider ECT,(not the first one to suggest it) after 10 years of trying many meds, nutritional strategies, supplements. But for all my research, ECT still scares me. Even though my functioning is poor, the memory, logic and analytical aspects of my brain are 100%. I already struggle with being dependent on my wife for a roof over my head and her need to control. If ECT makes me stable but trashes others neuro functions, I will be MORE dependent on her. No thank you. Treatment resistance is misery enough but I've learned to live with it. What I haven't learned is how to regain my independence.
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Originally Posted by vertigo
You offer a valid observation.
This may not be clinically accurate, but I don't see "treatment-resistant" as being a secondary condition, though.
Participation here certainly is dependent upon how I'm doing and where I am in my understanding of my condition.
I joined years ago when seeking coping strategies and perspective after stumbling along on my own for several years before that.
Then I disappeared... not doing tons better, probably more in denial.
Now, my life seems to be falling apart. Meds haven't worked; TMS hasn't worked.
ECT isn't proving as effective as I'd hoped, even.
...so I'm here trying to figure out what I need to ask to properly convey what I need.
In short, I think my own behavior illustrates your observation.
I don't think, however, anything is invalidated by the limits of our population/members.
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