Posted by ed_uk on July 14, 2005, at 16:23:02
In reply to Re: ECT. » ed_uk, posted by JahL on July 13, 2005, at 16:59:44
Hi Jamie,
How awful, ECT has been terrible for you. The memory loss sounds devastating.
>Lamotrigene is my lifeline...
Do you have any side effects?
>I originally responded to just 25mg but a succession of pdocs bumped up the dose so that I am now stranded on 600mg.
That's interesting. I never was a fan of 'target doses' eg. 200mg Lamictal. I think people should stay on the dose that works, however low it is. On the other hand, some people need very high doses from the start.
>The English Journal of Psychiatry (?) which demonstrated that ECT associated memory loss is a far bigger problem than was originally thought.
British Journal of Psychiatry? I hate it when doctors underestimate the side effects of the treatments they prescribe. They only fully accept the side effects of treatments that they don't prescribe anymore eg. barbiturate hypnotics.
>Can you tell me what brought you to PB?
Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder brought me to babble. I first visited about 6 years ago, when I started paroxetine for OCD.
Kind regards
~ed
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