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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 492107" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>There was someone here a couple of years ago who tried the newer version of ECT (NOT the primitive stuff used decades ago) on her adult difficult child. The difficult child was greatly helped in the short term with the severe depression and suicidal ideation, or so the poster reported. I cannot remember the name as this person wasn't here for very long. I do NOT know if they had long term good results, but the results after the first 2 sessions of ECT seemed promising.</p><p></p><p>Have they tried using more than one medication for depression? Wiz did not pull out of his depression until he was on THREE antidepressants. yes, THREE. Strattera was for adhd but is also an a/d. He was on luvox (psychiatrist called it prozac on steroids as it is closely related to prozac but much stronger) and the 2 medications had good results but Wiz still wasn't sleeping. then the psychiatrist added trazodone and not only did Wiz sleep, he really started to emerge from the depression. After a year on it he even stopped wearing all black clothing all the time - which was a HUGE change for him. </p><p></p><p>I know at one point I was on a combo of medications for depression that would not go away also. I think it was topomax and something else but I can't remember because I had 2 kids on medications at the time and it was 6 or 7 yrs ago. But maybe using different types of antidepressants together might help?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 492107, member: 1233"] There was someone here a couple of years ago who tried the newer version of ECT (NOT the primitive stuff used decades ago) on her adult difficult child. The difficult child was greatly helped in the short term with the severe depression and suicidal ideation, or so the poster reported. I cannot remember the name as this person wasn't here for very long. I do NOT know if they had long term good results, but the results after the first 2 sessions of ECT seemed promising. Have they tried using more than one medication for depression? Wiz did not pull out of his depression until he was on THREE antidepressants. yes, THREE. Strattera was for adhd but is also an a/d. He was on luvox (psychiatrist called it prozac on steroids as it is closely related to prozac but much stronger) and the 2 medications had good results but Wiz still wasn't sleeping. then the psychiatrist added trazodone and not only did Wiz sleep, he really started to emerge from the depression. After a year on it he even stopped wearing all black clothing all the time - which was a HUGE change for him. I know at one point I was on a combo of medications for depression that would not go away also. I think it was topomax and something else but I can't remember because I had 2 kids on medications at the time and it was 6 or 7 yrs ago. But maybe using different types of antidepressants together might help? [/QUOTE]
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