Posted by gilmourr on December 1, 2012, at 18:18:07
In reply to Re: About. Ready. To. Give. Up. Warning:depressing, posted by gilmourr on December 1, 2012, at 18:14:19
> > > Accidently read this post before your reply about ECT. Yeah if you've done ECT then nevermind. I'm not sure if it would prevent your body from taking meds.
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> > It is truly strange the way ECT affected me. I am not making it up when I tell you that my meds completely stopped working after it. And that I developed a revulsion for alcohol right after it too. But that is a good thing, considering I was binge drinking as a crutch beforehand. Just really weird, huh?
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> All I know is that people don't avoid things or say certain things unless they aren't true (well in the health/medical setting unless they're mixing it up with placebo, like I feel a bit tired or I think I have a headache. Obviously this isn't placebo).
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> Maybe it affected the neurons in your head to send/receive neurotransmitters. As I'm not sure it would affect your metabolic system like...
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> pill >> stomach >> liver pass 1 >> liver pass 2>> through the BBB >> then the neurons do their little neurotransmitter dance and you start to feel well.
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> Something must be wrong at the neuron level.
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> I'd really try and see a specialist about this. It's super complicated.
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> I'd even do some research myself but atm I'm busy enough reading every pubmed article about why I'm shivering 24/7 (when I'm not cold and it's not a Nardil side effect).
>I also was going to say good luck, but sh*t, luck really doesn't fix this stuff ever. Have to be proactive the entire way through, and it's super difficult when you're chained to your bed. I've been there.
I couldn't even prepare a university appeal for a subject I failed because I was literally too depressed to go in and write it. Couldn't prepare it for 5 months even though I had all the documentation just because I couldn't type/prepare words and argue my case. Luckily I've got so much evidence that 5 months later they made a special exception and it got removed from my transcript.
I did the entire 20 page appeal in one day when Nardil kicked in :) Even sent it in the same day.
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