Electro convulsive Therapy

[benoo5]

hya hayley,
ime so sorry,your feeling this bad...i wouldnt wish for any one to suffer,like you obviously are at the moment.
my line of work,is accident,and emergency...we are able to see what is wrong with the patient,and hopefully in time repair any damage.
with severe anxiety/depression,the symptoms,and treatment,are far more complex,and we rely on researchers,based around the world,to come up with the answers,many of whom,like me are not themselves sufferers.
you say that you have suffered for the last three months,who has prescribed four different drugs?,one of them on its own,has side effects enough to depress a heard of elephants.
electro convulsive therapy should be used only as a last resort,for those suffering long term,and who,in the eyes of a specialist,are a danger to themselves,and/or the general public.
here is a lay mans view of this procedure.......electrons are attached to the head via pads,and the current is turned on,thus violently shaking the patients brain around,hoping that when everything settles down,the part of the brain causing the problems,has been moved back to its correct position...ITS HIT AND MISS...ITS BEEN LIKENED TO DOING A DEFRAG ON YOUR PC.
hayley,you mention this ,likes its a quick fix,but ect is a course of treatments,and you may have to have up to ten or more procedures,with still,no guarantee of success.
i dont know where you live,but if its in the south,then please seek adsvice from a specialist hospital,such as the maudsely,in london.
i really do wish you well,but please,please dont go down this road...think again...bryan

[imported_n/a]

Hi Bryan
Thankyou so much for your message, and yes you're right I'm looking for a quick fix..anxious perfectionists, who like to be in control, thats me! are very impatient, but am currenly doing not too bad on the Linden method..so I will be very careful in considering ECT, although I have actually heard some good reportson its effectiveness, particularly if the sufferer hassn' had their symptoms long..yime'll tell. Actually today has been one of my better days..I've been to do the weekly food shop and treated myself to a state of the art, instant print out all in one dig cam £500, but what the hell its only money

Love Hayley x

Hayley x

[nomorepanic]

Hayley

I like your therapy - spending money - my kind of therapy too!!

Glad to hear that you are re-considering and thanks Bryan for the post.

Try and get in the chat room sometime Hayley.




Nicola

[benoo5]

hayley,
thats the best news,ive heard all week,its good to treat ourselves,and it can be very therapeutic,just to say WOT THE HELL, sometimes.
i must say,i can be impatient sometimes,ime an aries,so were well known for it!
its good that the linden method is helping you,there must be something to it,as friends of mine in america where asking me about it a few weeks back.
keep up the good work...youve cheered me up..bryan.

[Meg]

Oh that's right Hayley, I've heard of people going off to buy cameras before .....

Doesn't the Linden method heavily focus on getting people into a hobby and thus using this distraction method to free you from anxiety. Charles Linden found photography very inspirational and absorbing and was his way out and this is his main advocation.

I really hope it works for you. Anything to keep you off the ECT until you've had time to get another opinion and think extremely carefully.


Meg

Watch your thoughts, they become your words...
Watch your words, they become your actions... Watch your actions, they become your habits... Watch your habits, they become your character... Watch your character, it becomes your destiny...

[imported_n/a]

yes Charles Linden does advocate this, but I've always been into photography, and presently, having no real hobbies during the day, as I have a manager in to run the business, just thought i'd give it a try, but this thought only kicked in when I started to register what the Linden method was saying ..I'm on day four and feel more positive than I have in 3 months..I don't know how to work this blumming camera though?!
Thanks loads for?..well just for being there
Hayleyx

Hayley x

[andrew]

hi hayley

its good to read that your feeling more positive.

hobbies and activities are important, they capture our attention and imagination and we all know anxiety thrives in idle time. i brought a camera earlier in the year (fortunatly it more or less works itself), not got into it that much but its got no dust on it. why not try something musical as well.

keep us posted, take care andrew

[theresa]

quote:Originally posted by benoo5

hya hayley,
i dont know where you live,but if its in the south,then please seek adsvice from a specialist hospital,such as the maudsely,in london.
i really do wish you well,but please,please dont go down this road...think again...bryan

How could I go about getting advice from the Maudsely - I guess you have to be referred? not sure I could manage a trip to south london, but it might be worth investigating.


Theresa

[benoo5]

hya theresa,
unfortunately you would need a referral,the maudsley is just one of many top hospitals around the country.
perhaps radar can tell you of one nearer your home,as she travels the country helping groups of sufferers.
best wishes...bryan.

[nomorepanic]

My partner has recently got private medical insurance and I was hoping to be referred for some CBT but we read the notes and it will not treat exisiting conditions that you have had in the last 2 years. What a shame eh?

I guess it is hard to get a referral unless there is a real specific need and I doubt they will let you choose where to go anyway.

Nicola