Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I am seriously considering ECT for severe depression and and a major anxiety disorder that is treatment resistant, except for Ativan. I am currently taking up to 5 mg a day of Ativan due to a bad experience with Lexapro. Trying to get back down to 3 mg but still having Lexapro withdrawals. Could ECT stop the record groove obsession I have about being in this situation? Stop the depression long enough so I can see this through a different perspective. My husband is watching me very carefully now due to the suicidal ideation I had over the weekend. We are very concerned and just want a somewhat normal life back. Please help if you have had a similar experience.
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I thought this was a horrible treatment from the past, but my alcohol abuse counselor told me the other day that it is no big deal and that it is great for depression. Best I can say is to ask your doctor or better yet a psychiatrist.
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I also had a bad reaction to Lexapro and getting off it. Seems my med choices are near zero now except for the new Viibryd that just came out... don't know if I will try it or go straight to ECT. UCLA has recommended ECT to me but although it is great for depression it apparently doesn't work too well for anxiety, but if the depression is causing the anxiety then it is logical to think that both disorders will be improved. ECT works well, but I've also been told that I may required followup treatments, maybe as often as every 6 weeks and that I may still need some medication. ECT is covered by insurance, is effective, works fast and in your case I think I'd go for it. If you decide to use ECT, please post your experience with it. For now I am with you as I share your "pain." It is so great your husband is there by your side... many of us have to go this alone.
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