[kvinneakt]

A year ago I had a "nervous breakdown" that kicked my ***. I new pdoc prescribed "California Rocket Fuel" or Effexor and Remeron in combo. It was the best anti-depressant I have ever used.

Now I find the benefit is wearing off and I have begun to have excruciating vivid nightmares several night a week. My doc prescribed clonidine. It works about 75%. I am at max dosage of the rocket fuel.

It seems I am having a still mostly unconscious anxiety about depression returning, along with considerable fear related to my state a year ago, and to a near successful suicide attempt 20 years ago.

I am fearful, at times terrified, of the return of this serious condition.

My doc has referred me to the ECT clinic for a consultation.

Electroshock therapy. This scares me, too.

And the damn thing is I am not all that depressed at present.

So here I am typing away into the internets...

[beauflow]

Type away kvinneakt

Hopefully you will not go back to that state that you were once in a while back. Good thoughts your way and many hugs your way as well.

[Open Eyes]

(((kvinneakt))),

Here is my personal opinion from what I am learning myself. PTSD is something that takes time to develope where we get to a point where it is very difficult to manage our lives.

We can go to pdocs and have all symptoms addressed with this pill and thay pill etc.
OR, we can engage in therapy and actually "learn" to work through this disorder. A pill doesn't take it away, we have to work through it and often people do use medication as an aide while working through PTSD.

Open Eyes

[zzzcat]

I would try some other medications and definitely lots of exercise before you ever consider electroshock therapy, get a second opinion PLEASE!! Effexor was the worst drug that I was ever prescribed, the side effects were horrible, I guess it's a surprise that anyone gets relief from it--head spinning withdrawals while I was behind the wheel of a car did it for me!!