Depression Support Group
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SO, I've tried almost every anti-depressant, every TYPE of anti-depressant, and out of maybe 20 different trials of meds and combinations of them, I sought out another type of treatment: ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy.
The ECT actually worked for me. I began improving. I had 30 treatments between August and December 2011, and 30 is a LOT. So somewhere in the middle, one of my ECT docs said I needed a plan for when I'm done with those treatments and had me visit my regular psych doc to prescribe something else to start then, maybe in November... idk.
After my final ECT treatment, I was left on the meds... and since then I have gone downhill AGAIN........... I don't think this newest prescription is going to work, just like all the others failed. How do I tell my doc NO, I'm not going to keep doing this? It's just a waste of money on the stupid drugs that won't work, a waste of time, and interferes with other things, limiting other meds I can take, food/drink, etc.
Have you ever had enough of the BS and told your doc "NO"? I need advice... I'm sick of this dr. too but I'm kind of limited from where I live, there aren't many options.
The ECT actually worked for me. I began improving. I had 30 treatments between August and December 2011, and 30 is a LOT. So somewhere in the middle, one of my ECT docs said I needed a plan for when I'm done with those treatments and had me visit my regular psych doc to prescribe something else to start then, maybe in November... idk.
After my final ECT treatment, I was left on the meds... and since then I have gone downhill AGAIN........... I don't think this newest prescription is going to work, just like all the others failed. How do I tell my doc NO, I'm not going to keep doing this? It's just a waste of money on the stupid drugs that won't work, a waste of time, and interferes with other things, limiting other meds I can take, food/drink, etc.
Have you ever had enough of the BS and told your doc "NO"? I need advice... I'm sick of this dr. too but I'm kind of limited from where I live, there aren't many options.
No one knows better than you how you feel.
Please don't stop any medicine without talking to him/her first though.
Sometimes, you need to be weaned off.
Good Luck :-)