Posted by pfinstegg on October 11, 2002, at 22:53:57
In reply to What worries me about the study..., posted by ignored on October 11, 2002, at 19:30:27
Yeah, that's just what worries me, too. Do you know exactly how long you have to be off drugs- how long before, and how long the duration of the testing period is- the ones I am looking at are 20 days of either sham or real treatment; you have to be off SSRIs for a month, but can keep taking mood stabilizers such as lithium. Then, after, if you have had sham, you are offered the real thing immediately. Is it really 8 months off medication before you get any treatment? That's a lot to ask of someone.
It's a big step to take- having to leave home and work as well as face a drug-free interval. I have found that the people you telephone about these trials are helpful and specific about answering questions, but I also find myself thinking that I am doing fairly well with my present regimen, and maybe can wait until it is not such a hassle. The treatment itself sounds good- all my other treatments have been kind of half-way measures, and the possibility of having all my neurons safely zapped into something approaching normality is very appealling! It is hard to know what to do...
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