Posted by Chloe on February 6, 2002, at 19:34:55
In reply to Re: Discovery Channel - Shock Therapy » Chloe, posted by bob on February 5, 2002, at 23:53:25
> By the way... did you see when the nurse tried to give her that shot when she woke up? She was so confused, you could see she wasn't comprehending what the nurse was saying. I'm quite suprised the nurse did that, and I could have told you there was a good chance she was going to hit the ceiling.
Yeah, I saw that coming too! But I did find it disturbing to see her so disoriented and fearful when she awoke from her treatment. I was under the impression that ECT left the patient kinda like a "blank slate." Sort of erasing the mind of good and bad, hence the memory problems.
So it was suprising to me that she thought the nurse had a hostile intent toward her. Why didn't the patient have curiosity, or a confused wonderment about what was going to happen next? This women seemed to wake up in an uncomfortable, agitated state. I wonder if some other issue was going on with this patient that wasn't being treated by shocking her frontal lobes...
Again, JMO :)
Chloe
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