What's Happening In Your Life?

[chaim]

I hardly ever visit this side of the forum, so I've missed all this. A lot of what Austin wrote was too much for my English skills, but the main points, I believe, I get. You are a brave, stong and considerate (as can be seen in the way you mentioned your fanily) man. Love from Finland.

[WalshFan88]

Thank you, Chaim. That means a lot.

[WalshFan88]

I had my first bilateral/bipolar ECT treatment Monday and I'm doing ok. I did have some serious brain fog yesterday but that is to be expected and things are a little hazy right before my treatment. I also started Auvelity which is a newer novel antidepressant that acts similarly to Ketamine or Spravato. I didn't respond to Ketamine, TMS, and unilateral/unipolar ECT but they wanted me to try it anyway and see if it will help.

I'm just hoping for a last ditch effort because I've been told if this traditional ECT approach doesn't work I am basically out of options and then it comes down to perseverance as long as I can stand it and a hope that one day things will "magically" be better which I know they won't be. And once that clock starts I'm not sure how much I have left in me but I will give it all that I can for my family. I haven't been this low for this long.

In other news, my grandparents (grandma/stepgrandpa) are getting ready to sell their Florida home and have asked me to fly down one last time before they sell it and knowing how fragile things are, I absolutely wanted to do that with them so I will be going to Florida next month after I complete my treatments. It won't be a fix but I'm hoping to put a smile on my face for them and try to have a good time in nice weather.