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Posted by dondon on December 1, 2007, at 18:51:54
Since ECT is ineffective for anxiety, what can you take for anxiety while getting ECT? I've read that benzos cant be taken during ECT so what is left to take?
Posted by Maxime on December 1, 2007, at 21:10:53
In reply to ect question, posted by dondon on December 1, 2007, at 18:51:54
> Since ECT is ineffective for anxiety, what can you take for anxiety while getting ECT? I've read that benzos cant be taken during ECT so what is left to take?
Are you allowed to take Seroquel? It works well on anxiety.
Maxime
Posted by Phillipa on December 2, 2007, at 11:51:01
In reply to Re: ect question » dondon, posted by Maxime on December 1, 2007, at 21:10:53
Long time ago a pdoc said that ECT will do nothing for anxiety is it true? Phillipa
Posted by bleauberry on December 2, 2007, at 12:59:10
In reply to ect question, posted by dondon on December 1, 2007, at 18:51:54
I don't know, I went through 12 sessions of ECT and it was indeed quite good for anxiety, especially the social phobia kind. I mean, I was daring and confident in a crowd. Prior to that I was a withdrawn shaking wreck just spewing anxiety out of every pore of my being. I could step right up to a microphone in front of 300 people with no problem after ECT 12 sessions.
But on the journey to get there ECT increased anxiety, increased depression, and increased psychotic type stuff. A lot. A real lot. Then all of a sudden all that was gone and I felt perfect. The problem was it didn't last but a few days. The final bill was $17,000.00. It erased 3 months of memory and still today a year later I have not recovered from the brain damage I feel I got.
Others have done very well with ECT. I think it is something invented by Satan.
I don't know what you can take for anxiety while doing ECT. You might try GABA supplements, glycine, taurine, magnesium. One of those could likely be the root culprit anyway. I just toughed it out. The good thing is that your memory should get so wiped out that you won't even remember yesterday or how bad you felt.
ECT. Don't do it. My opinion only. If you think you've tried everything, you're wrong. Sure maybe you've tried most everything in the arena of psychiatric drugs, but that comes nowhere near touching the other common causes of mood disorders that brain drugs won't do a thing for.
To the doctor who tells me there is nothing left but ECT, I ask him...
"How much has mercury, lead, or arsenic deranged the patterns of essential metals in my hair sample".
"What are the results of the FDA approved urine lab test that indicates metal damage?"
"Have we done a parasite killing program?"
"Are my T3, T4, free T3, freeT4, all at the optimum end of the normal range?"
"What is my 24 hour salivary cortisol pattern?"
"Did my MELISA or RAST test show any food reactions?"
"Is the appropriate amount of flora in my stool sample? Is too much candida in there?"I could go on, but you get the picture. Any of the above things can put you in the dumps so badly no amount of drugs or ECT will work for very long if at all.
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