Posted by ShelliR on September 11, 2002, at 16:47:16
In reply to Re:ECT update, posted by Chloe on September 9, 2002, at 18:46:44
Hi Chloe,
I was told that frontal bi lateral is not much different in side effects than unilateral. It's the only choice I had for ect at the hospital that does the most treatments near where I live. (I was told that non frontal lateral is harder on the mind and memory.)
ECT, unfortunately, was not at all successful for me, but I stayed in the hospital for ten treatments. It made things a lot easier I think--everything was taken care of for me. And the bifrontal wasn't too bad; I forget a lot from those few weeks, but don't seem to have forgotten other than from that time period. And I beat a lot of patients at scrabble, so my mind wasn't totally disfunctional.
Of course I'm very disappointed at the results, although I think it was a reasonable treatment to try. So I do understand how you must be feeling.
Shelli
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