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Originally Posted by sad-panda
Thank you everyone, I weaned off Lexapro recently, and now I will be weaning off Wellbutrin. I went down from 300 mg to 150 mg. I just recently started Lithium and Lamictal, but I'm not entirely sure if these meds have as damaging effects as antidepressants like SSRIs, etc; So I might still stay on those or get off of them while I can.
I hope I don't end up like the others that are still going through withdrawal years later.
I was looking into ECT a while back. I really only heard a lot a good things, so why is it regarded as bad now? I know it was dangerous in the past but things have come a long way. Does it make things worse for some people?
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I think it doesn't work for some people and then they are upset they went through it. It's very hard on your body because of the anesthesia. You have to take time off work (if you work) and possibly spend a long time inpatient. And then if it doesn't work people get upset.
There is also the memory loss. I have severe memory loss because I had to do bilateral treatments. If the ect had not worked, I'd be really mad about this memory loss. But for me, it worked beautifully, so I don't regret it even with the memory loss.