Posted by shellir on January 2, 2002, at 10:29:59
In reply to Be careful, posted by Chris A. on January 2, 2002, at 1:36:47
> Don't knock the potential cognitive losses ECT can impose. For me they have been devasting. A taste of TD also leaves me shunning APs. When I bring these subjects up I have a therapist who says "You're still alive. Perhaps they helped." Frankly I'll never know, but I don't want to revisit either APs or ECT. Risk vs benefit. We will never be able to get away from it. I made choices I regret, but made them with the best information available to me at the time.
> ECT and APs can save lives. Intellectuallly that's a no-brainer. Personally ... that's another matter.
>
> Chris A.
Hi Chris,Thanks for the feedback: any information I can get on ECT, positive or negative, is very useful to me. I am in a much better position this week to not determine my next step out of desperation.
But I am extremely interested in knowing whether your cognitive impairment was as a consequence of unilateral or bilateral ECT. I know you're not anxious to revisit, but this information might help me make more rational decisions, since so far I have not come upon any information about significant memory impairment and unilateral ECT.
TIA for any feedback you're willing to offer.
Shelli
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