Posted by lcat10 on April 28, 2007, at 12:12:47
In reply to Re: To Lcat, posted by deniseuk190466 on April 26, 2007, at 13:00:29
I journaled daily during ECT, and on one of the days I wrote about the disorientation and confusion, but it did not seem to bother me other than being anxious about the anesthesia part. Also, when you are in the hospital, you don't have as complex an environment to deal with. So, I only started to be more acutely aware of the problems with the last two I did as an outpatient. I had RUL, yes, but at 5 times the seizure threshold level. I was told during the ECT (per my journals) that the cognitive side effects were cumulative. It varies from person to person. You just don't know. Some things are getting better for me, but some are not. It feels like my brain is Swiss cheese, has holes in it. Doctor wanted to do bilateral at 100% charge which is 504 coloumbs if I had not had so much of a problem. I hope I would have had the sense to say no, but who knows.
The desipramine is a separate problem. I have urinary retention, blurred vision, very dry mouth, headache and what me partial complex seizures. I don't want to take this med, and I am concerned my pdoc will not want to work with me anymore if I say this. Only when I have done what he wanted me to do, has he been okay. This is not the kind of relationship I want with a psychiatrist, and so I am looking at seeing someone else who I meet with next Friday.
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