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Originally Posted by BethRags
Oh, wow, your children are young and are at ages at which they require an enormous amount of everything...time and energy. Stress? To say the least - even under the very best of circumstances.
I'm guessing that your wife is feeling afraid of carrying all the responsibility alone. That could well be why she is not giving you the support you want and need, just plain fear. And probably a dose of anger.
Yes, the entertainment industry has gotten a hold of ECT and made a monster of it. And at one time ECT was a rather horrible affair. That is certainly not how I hear it is nowadays.
Are you still at 200 on your Lamictal? Is your pdoc expecting the Lamictal alone to act as an anti-depressant?( I'm sorry if I've already asked you that. My memory is not good.) One more question...is your pdoc aware of your interest in ECT?
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Yeah, it's pretty rough on both of us. I don't know if she's really angry, but she certainly wishes things were different. I still do as much as I can in terms of practical stuff, I don't completely shut down even when I'm depressed, so she's not really alone in that regard, but especially on the emotional side of things I can't really give as much support as I'd want.
I'm at 300mg Lamictal now. My Pdoc has suggested adding an anti-depressant into the mix, but I'm hesitant about that because they can make mixed episodes worse. On the other hand I think Lamictal is mostly effective at preventing episodes, not helping acute symptoms. He does know I'm considering ECT. We decided to try some meds first, but I think he'll be supportive if I really want to go that route. I'm hoping ECT can help "fix" this episode and then I can use Lamictal to prevent new ones.