Posted by Bob on May 20, 2005, at 18:16:07
In reply to Re: ECT failure?, posted by Mr.Scott on May 20, 2005, at 17:14:58
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> For me ECT worked great. I had 6-8 treatments, (right unilateral) and was doing very well. After 5 months the effect dissipated. I am now considering maintenance ECT. My doc suggests starting once a week for 3 weeks and then continuing to spread it out until once every 2 months for maintenace. The only impairment I had was from the anesthesia. No memory problems at all. Some day's I even went to work after a treatment (which was highly ill advised by my doc). I guess everyone is different in how they respond to all this stuff.
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> ScottScott:
I would definitely recommend that you restart the ECT if it worked that well for you. Needless to say, my experience with ECT has not been nearly as good. I'm going in for my 17th treatment next week, and I'm not sure it's doing anything but making me worse any longer. I'm going to ask my doctors once again how much longer I should be trying it, but I'm afraid I'll be stopping soon. Problem is, I just don't know what I'll do next. I hate the meds so much I can't even put it into words.
Bob
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