Posted by sigismund on May 4, 2012, at 20:01:26
In reply to Re: ECT: ultra-brief pulse cognitive side-effects, etc, posted by lawgrindmeintoground on May 4, 2012, at 19:11:25
My mother had agitated depression. Her medical treatment was incompetant. She was first started on Aurorix and Valium. She constantly complained about not sleeping. She was never taken seriously. Aurorix was new then. I suppose they wanted few side effects. I can't imagine they wanted to keep her sex drive up or make her more anxious. I forget what was next, but after that was ECT. Because it was ECT they assumed it was working. I was very struck by the contempt in which she was held. It didn't work so they assumed she needed more. They were going to put her on maintenance ECT. I don't know what sort she had. Then the syndrome wore itself out and she was relieved of that. Finally she got cancer and with that some useful morphine. The complete lack of respect was obvious. The doc would come when it suited him and if she was eating she would be taken from there to see him before she finished. I don't think anyone had a clue as to whether it worked and I don't think they were interested to find out, and if they had I don't think they would have cared. She complained for years about not sleeping. They just denied it. I was appalled. Anyway at least with the cancer she got something useful.
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