Posted by Krissy P on April 8, 2003, at 21:17:37
In reply to Anyone had ECT lately?, posted by JahL on April 7, 2003, at 10:24:33
Hi JahL,
I have had ECT. It was scary as hell, and I lost a lot of my short term memory. Sorry I don't have a more positive post about ECT. It did help with a few things though-so I can't say it was terrible.All the best,
Kristen
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> I'm due to begin a 4 week course of ECT tomorrow (for Bipolar NOS) and I was wondering if anyone else is in the same boat?
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> Anyone care to share their experience? How was the actual procedure?
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> My only real concern is possible memory loss.
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> On a more technical note, does anyone have any idea how the dose of barbituates given for the ECT general compares with the sort of barbituate dose given for, say, a 3 hour operation? When I had a severed tendon operated on, the general left me extremely depressed (even more so than normal).
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> Ta,
> Jah.
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