I have been treated for various mental illnesses for five years now and one year before that I did not recognize I had issues with stuff (but know that was the case looking back on it).

Antipsychotics don't do anything. Antidepressants are completely counterproductive and cause extreme mania and then eventually it's just a matter of timing of WHEN I will crash.

Everyone arounds me seemed to think I was great this last time when I was manic; but, the fact was I was making very bad decisions involving substances, sex, money, forgetting to eat, not eating enough or properly, altho the one thing I did do right was taking my meds (eventho they did not do what I had hoped they would). You get the picture. My point is I'm not on any psych meds now expcept half the amount of valium I was on than before bc I have extreme panic attacks/anxiety and take 5 mg am and pm. and the other being 100 mg of topamax which is a mood stabalizer. I have been on others which have not worked thus far. I have been manic and depressed sometimes at the same time even; but, can't decide which is worse.

Anyway was looking for advice:
Going to my pdoc's tomorrow... I've been thru a regiment of ECT in Feb... Is it worth asking about doing a like maintenance one?

I know it worked for a while. My worst complaints were headaches; but, for whatever reason I've been having bad ones anyway. The other was during treatment I had a hard time with memory as far as even repeating my phone number which my home number is hard to remember anyway for me for some reason...

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated...
Thanks so very much. Danielle
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