Posted by Larry Hoover on November 18, 2004, at 18:54:42
In reply to Re: thanks, posted by Shalom34Israel on November 18, 2004, at 18:09:47
> See...this guy could get ECT if he wanted, but he's scared like most are. Scared to get better. Stuck in nowheresville. What would you know about ECT, Larry?
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> ShalomNow that's kind of an open-ended question, isn't it?
I know it has never been approved in the United States. It was grandfathered in, just as was trans-orbital frontal lobotomy. I know that the biggest proponent of ECT in America also sells the machines for giving it. I know that permanent damage to the brain is far from a rare event. And I know enough to have a "do not ECT" contract on file with my doctors. No matter how bad I get, even if I lose the capacity for consent and a substitute decision-maker steps in to consent to treatment, they may not use ECT. It is a document similar to a DNR "do not resuscitate" document. I have weighed the benefits and the risks, and for me, no ECT will be considered, under any circumstances.
Lar
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