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Posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 14:58:12
Only a doctor would know this.
But, well expept my general doctor who's rude, gave me Maltex with prozac, obviuosly does know what serotonin syndrome can do.
But if i did take prozac with an ECT shock what would happen.
Or any antidepressant.
rj
Posted by Phillipa on April 17, 2007, at 15:14:06
In reply to Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants?, posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 14:58:12
Matt who suggested ECT? Two weeks without meds is what a friend of mine said. Love Phillipa
Posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 15:16:44
In reply to Re: Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants? » rjlockhart, posted by Phillipa on April 17, 2007, at 15:14:06
Phillipa i need ECT bad.
I think i have just mellowed away from myself.
What happened? Remeber i used to post like anyhting on my mind.
Now its like, maybe its prozac.
Im going to ask my pdoc. But i doubt it will come.
Matt
Posted by deniseuk190466 on April 17, 2007, at 16:03:52
In reply to Re: Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants?, posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 15:16:44
Matt,
I think you can take anything providing it doesn't lower the seizure threshold.
You def can't take MAOIs but I know you can take Zyprexa.
Denise
Posted by chiron on April 17, 2007, at 17:34:45
In reply to Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants?, posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 14:58:12
I've been on various drugs and had ECT, even taking them the night before (just not past midnight).
I actually have had 3 ECT treatments while on Emsam. My psychiatrist said they try and avoid doing ECT while on MAOIs but it can be done. He made sure to let the anesthesiologist know.(Emsam made me feel crazy & ECT helps with that for me)
Posted by Sebastian on April 17, 2007, at 18:32:56
In reply to Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants?, posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 14:58:12
I had ECT while on may meds, don't know what kind they were but all psychotropics I'm sure.
Posted by Sebastian on April 17, 2007, at 18:37:22
In reply to Re: Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants?, posted by rjlockhart on April 17, 2007, at 15:16:44
Thought you were doing alright with freinds? Could that be what is wrong? I would avoid ECT if posible. I have a theory that if I had taken the zyprexa before the ECT that I would not have needed it. But I don't know. I just know that ECT will erase everything in you memory, and takes many years to replace what you can.
Posted by linkadge on April 20, 2007, at 14:32:41
In reply to Re: Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants?, posted by Sebastian on April 17, 2007, at 18:37:22
Don't to ECT RJ, you're too young to fry your brain like that.
Keep trying different meds, and see if a doctor will try an MAOI before doing ECT.
Linkadge
Posted by chiron on April 22, 2007, at 11:49:38
In reply to Re: Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants? » Sebastian, posted by linkadge on April 20, 2007, at 14:32:41
I wouldn't consider ECT "frying" your brain. For me it's more like "re-setting."
Some positive experiences & studies (although there are some that do not have a positive experience):
1. Her depression and (curiously) her thyroid hyperfunction responded to electroconvulsive therapy.
2. Sherwin P. Nuland, M.D: After the fourth ECT, I was noticeably less depressed. My appetite returned, as did my ability to sleep. After eight treatments, my mood was fully restored. I experienced no confusion, memory loss, headache, or any other symptom sometimes attributed to ECT.
3. PubMed - Changes in plasma amino acids after electroconvulsive therapy of depressed patients
Altogether 23 plasma amino acids were analyzed before and at 2, 6, 24 and 48 h after ECT. The levels of glutamate and aspartate increased at 6 h after ECT compared with the baseline. Also the levels of total tryptophan increased 2-24 h after ECT. There were also elevations in other amino acids at 6 and 24 h. The levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) decreased at 2 h. In this study the acute effects of single ECT were associated with changes in the levels of glutamate, aspartate, GABA, tryptophan and some other amino acids. The preliminary data suggest that the therapeutic effects of ECT in depression may be due to mechanisms involving these amino acid transmitters.
Posted by linkadge on April 22, 2007, at 13:32:21
In reply to Re: Is it safe to have ECT with antidepressants? » Sebastian, posted by linkadge on April 20, 2007, at 14:32:41
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