Posted by linkadge on June 19, 2009, at 17:19:28
In reply to Re: ECT, posted by alchemy on June 17, 2009, at 10:35:59
>another fyi, when I was briefly in the hospital, >one of the workers mentioned that he had seen >how helpful ect was. He said it was like the >seizures somehow rejumbled your brain into a >better state. (for most people, not all)
Well thats where the debate starts. Seeing as most of the positive data was done by a man who had strong financial ties to a company which manufactures ECT machines, I'd say there is *serious* need for reinvestigation of the data.
More recent data suggests that earlier statistics could be moderatly to drastically overblown. Also, there is evidence that the collection of data regarding cognative side effects has been significantly compromised.
I know several people who have had ECT, many of whom would say they would not do it again.
For goodness sakes, shop around. Don't just look for one sucess story and bank on that. You can probably find personal accounts of you-tube.
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