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JulietEC
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Hi - I saw a Consultant last week and said I was fed up with anti depressant juggling for years so I suggested ECT and I think it'll go ahead. I'll try anything now and have read about it. It works best if you have been ill for less than 2 years whereas I have a more chronic state. Apparently it does not prevent relapse and if you fail to respond to ECT then your prognosis is extremely poor. This worries me. I'd have to stay in hospital overnight twice a week as I have no-one really and that's an expensive bed to book for six weeks so I felt I almost had to plead. I probably needed the treatment 20 plus years ago.
I'm anxious about the stigma but a bit passed caring now.
I currently take Fluoxetine 20mg one day and 40 the next plus low dose Amisulpride for Augmentation. I told the Consultant I feel very de-motivated and low with poor functioning and feel very hopeless about the future.
I'm anxious about the stigma but a bit passed caring now.
I currently take Fluoxetine 20mg one day and 40 the next plus low dose Amisulpride for Augmentation. I told the Consultant I feel very de-motivated and low with poor functioning and feel very hopeless about the future.