talked to tdoc tonight - poss trigs

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talked to tdoc tonight - poss trigs
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Mon, 11-27-2006 - 10:37pm

i called tdoc tonight because of the si over the weekend. her sage advice...call pdoc and tell her about it. she knows that my last pdoc visit ended with "if the cymbalta doesn't work i'll either recommend ect or refer you to another doc" and she knows i don't want to do either of those. but yet she tells me to call her anyway. i'm fairly certain the reason my crash has been so hard this time is because of the situational stuff with xh losing his job, me losing my child support, neither one of us finding a job. nothing meds or ect can fix. i just don't get it. i told tdoc this was what was triggering it but she still made me promise to call pdoc. it's like she's not even listening anymore. she's never let me down in the past, but i'm getting the feeling that she's had her fill of me and is pawning me off onto somebody else.

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Mon, 11-27-2006 - 11:32pm

I feel so bad for you going through all this. I am sorry to hear you had a bad experience with tdoc tonight. I don't believe she doesn't want to help you but maybe she feels she just doesn't know what else to do for you and refering you to call pdoc is all she knows right now.


I don't know from experience about ECT, I never had it.

     ~ Tina ~

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Mon, 11-27-2006 - 11:53pm

Here are a couple sites I found that seem to have good info on ECT.


I hope you are able to get to the sites ok.


www.universityhospital.com/ect/effects.htm


www.med.umich.edu/psych/ahosp/pated/ected.htm


     ~ Tina ~

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Tue, 11-28-2006 - 7:08am
ect is my next step.i was all set for it i/p except i had too many things come up & my hospitalization ran out.
but pdoc & tdoc are both talking about it.
i have seen the results & most are positive(except for the people who were near catotonic to begin with.)
i'm with ya.
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Tue, 11-28-2006 - 9:14am

I know personally so many people for whom ECT has made a huge difference in their lives. Its not pleasant, but not horrid like it used to be...get those images out of your mind. I asked for ECT during my last i/p and was told to try the Lithium once more. Course, its not working...nothing does. But I hate my pdoc and don't trust her AT ALL, so I sure won't be asking her about it.

I say DO IT. The meds are worse, believe me...

The people I know are able to be off meds, and after the first couple ECT treatments they just do maintenance. Yes, you have to go i/p, but hey you're ready to end up there anyway.

As much as you think you really want to die, you really don't...so try this, you owe it to yourself.

There is a tiny bit of memory loss, but it usually comes back after the ECT is over, generally the next day.

Do your own research...email me if you want more details.

Love you,

Keli

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Tue, 11-28-2006 - 11:50am

well, i called pdoc's office and left a voice mail for her explaining what had transpired with my mood, the si, why i thought my mood went south and that if she needed to contact me i left her my number.


i also called child support enforcement to find out what my options are as far as xh are. they are sending me an application to get a case started. and that employed or not, he is obligated to pay. i'd like to know how that's supposed to happen. but i'll leave that to them they're the professionals.


i still haven't heard from any of the applications i've put in for but it's only been a couple of days, so i'm trying hard not to get more defeated than i already am.


thanks to everyone for your input. tina, i did check out those sites. ect is scary stuff. i'll have to ask pdoc about the memory loss. i think that is my biggest fear. i'm afraid that there are big things that i'll forget and that terrifies me. and keli, i definitely hear what you're saying. i am close to i/p now. i just feel like such a screw up and it's all because of this stupid bp.


thanks again.


love you all,
traci