Posted by anxiety_free on December 10, 2004, at 17:47:39
In reply to ECT - Advice, posted by denise1904 on December 10, 2004, at 14:20:57
my cousin had bilateral, I believe. She's tough on shrinks (in a good way); she fored her doc to consent to ending the treatments and trying another round of meds if the treatment interfered with her life or if she just felt like it. LOL..she's a shrewd negotiator. Anyway, she lucked out in the memory dept..the only blackouts are before the treatment and bit afterwards. BUT, you're right; ECT can be ddddaaaaannnngggeeerous. A friend of mine was taking a TCA and his doc decded for ECT. Problem? TCA make you more seizure prone than many other antidepresants...and, yup, he had a seizure from hell. Luckily that doc has been taken care of.
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