Posted by Bob on January 31, 2008, at 17:04:13
In reply to Re: Those doctors and their Lies* is what I meant. » Bob, posted by SLS on January 31, 2008, at 16:47:57
> Hi Bob.
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> > Scott:
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> > If you don't mind me asking, how many treatments did you have and of what type? Do you receive maintenance treatments or did you just stop and sustain your benefits?
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> ECT was not successful in my case. I was given 6 unilateral left followed by 9 bilateral. The bilateral treatments screwed me up for over a month. I felt "foggy" and not like myself. My memory was affected at first. Roads that I had traveled most of my life became unfamiliar to me after ECT. I can't say how long these cognitive side effects lasted. Many people undergoing ECT will sustain some measurable changes as shown in psychometric testing, even if the subjective experiences of someone be that nothing has changed.
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> I am very conflicted over the use of ECT. There are too many accounts of horrific effects on memory caused by this treatment. They can't all be discounted. Even though I do not experience any persistent cognitive impairment other than that produced by depression, the acute effects of the bilateral treatments gave me evidence that there are indeed cognitive and memory impairments produced by ECT.
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> Still...
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> There are success stories. I'm sure many of these people thank God for their good fortune to have ECT available to them.
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> - Scott
Yeah, ECT was not a miracle cure for me either. Looking back there were some extreme problems, much the same as you describe, and other things too. I did become more active, but I really, really did not feel normal. Eventually the treatments had to be stopped and I sank quickly into an unprecedentedly severe depression.Still, like you say, there are people out there for whom it is a saving grace.
- Bob
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