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Default Jun 24, 2021 at 06:14 AM
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Your intuition about benefiting from ECT paid off. I am so glad! Sadness and grief, while hardly fun, are at least feelings you can work on. Clinical depression...trying to "fix" it with therapy only is akin to beating your head against a wall.

That's exactly how it is. These feelings have been repressed for most of my life. I hope the fact that the depression finally made them surface will ultimately be a good thing. Then at least something good will have come out of the hell that was this episode.
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Default Jun 24, 2021 at 07:11 AM
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Let's say I had everything in my life completely under control, no significant stress factors, and let's say I was 100% stable. Would it be worth the risk going off meds in that situation? Note that I'm not considering going off meds right now, I'm just curious if, in your opinion, it's ever advisable or reasonable to take the chance.

It’s only a chance if you do it alone.

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It’s only a chance if you do it alone.

I find that once an episode gets going, it can be hard to stop it, even with professional intervention. Once destabilized it can become a feedback loop from hell and just keep building momentum until it's out of control. A quick med change might help, or it might not. So I'd still consider it a risk even under supervision.
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Default Jun 24, 2021 at 03:51 PM
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I find that once an episode gets going, it can be hard to stop it, even with professional intervention. Once destabilized it can become a feedback loop from hell and just keep building momentum until it's out of control. A quick med change might help, or it might not. So I'd still consider it a risk even under supervision.

I triggered an episode with marijuana after I had gone off medication with my doctor

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