Posted by galkeepinon on August 17, 2003, at 3:54:11
In reply to Re: info on ect? » galkeepinon, posted by Dave1 on August 16, 2003, at 15:37:52
Hi Dave, My ECT's were unilateral I didn't have any maintenance, just medication and therapy. I didn't relapse-just keep fighting-so to speak. Depression is a day to day fight, I think, but it doesn't have to be, but it is hard I won't lie. My memory loss was partial, but along with that memory loss were a lot of good memories which was sad-the bad memories I didn't care that I lost. The worst thing was when my family would talk about something and I would say " when did that happen" or "I don't remember that" and they would look at me-knowing it was because of my ECT's. :-( I felt more bad for them than me. Yes, waking disoriented and confused did bother me-but that went away within a few hours after each treatment. Why I wouldn't do it again is because I am now very frightened about *going under* because that's what they did 3 days a week 9 times and it was scary looking back now-so I wouldn't do it again.
Hope this helped?
> Hi,
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> I had a few questions about your ECTs also.
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> 1. Where they bilateral or unilateral?
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> 2. Did they give you anything so you wouldn't relapse - medications or maintenance ECT. Did you relapse?
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> 3. Why did losing your memory bother you so much? Was it total loss or just partial. When I did it I had a partial memory loss for the events several months before and after, but it really didn't bother. Is this the main reason you wouldn't do it again?
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> The main reason I don't want to do it again is that waking confused and disoriented really bothered me. I don't know if it bothered you also.
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> Thanks,
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> Dave
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