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Oct 05, 2014, 12:12 AM
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Has anybody tried this and does it work?
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current medication: Lamitcal - 400 mg Latuda - 60 mg Klonopin - 0.5 mg Trazodone 100 mg (as needed) Medications I've been on in the past: Haldol, Risperdal, Ability, Depakote, Lithium, Celexa, Wellbutrin, Geodon. |
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Oct 05, 2014, 01:09 AM
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Haven't personally had it but have read posts on here with others have had it. Think it's used under select circumstances and certainly not a first point of call.
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Oct 05, 2014, 10:16 AM
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I'd like to hear from other folks who've had it, too.
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Dx Bipolar II 2014 -- currently in remission Stay calm, be kind, have hope, love lots, and be well. "Listen to the deep voice of your soul. Do not be distracted by the voice of your mind." -- Caitlin Matthews[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] |
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Oct 05, 2014, 10:47 AM
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I had it about seven years ago to get me out of a deep soul crushing depression. It worked but I lost a lot of memory. At the time I didn't believe I was bipolar so I didn't recognize the following mood state as a probable hypomania. But I went from being hospitalized seven times in a year to six years hospital and med free so it must have done something for me. Took away the severity of my symptoms for sure. I want to do it again but I'm afraid it wouldn't work as well this time around and I will have wasted my time, money, and memory for nothing.
I wouldn't recommend ECT unless all else has failed but it does work for most people.
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Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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Oct 05, 2014, 11:46 AM
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I was hospitalized a little over a year and half ago for depression and doctors recommended it and they tried to convince me to do it and it was my last chance before my insurance ran out (I had lost my job right before that and couldn't pay for cobra any more at that point). My depression did lift and I got a job a couple months after which I have still been able to hold which means I have insurance...I've had depression on and off since I was a young child and I'm starting to fall into depression again and I was wondering if ECT would be more of a lasting solution? Or is it just a quick fix for a short period of time?
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current medication: Lamitcal - 400 mg Latuda - 60 mg Klonopin - 0.5 mg Trazodone 100 mg (as needed) Medications I've been on in the past: Haldol, Risperdal, Ability, Depakote, Lithium, Celexa, Wellbutrin, Geodon. |
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Oct 05, 2014, 11:56 AM
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I just finished my fourth treatment for a severe bipolar depressive episode and I think it may be starting to work. Good luck with it, if you try it.
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Oct 05, 2014, 12:22 PM
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current medication: Lamitcal - 400 mg Latuda - 60 mg Klonopin - 0.5 mg Trazodone 100 mg (as needed) Medications I've been on in the past: Haldol, Risperdal, Ability, Depakote, Lithium, Celexa, Wellbutrin, Geodon. |
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Oct 05, 2014, 12:39 PM
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Oct 06, 2014, 01:48 PM
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Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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