Posted by TooDeadForDreamin on November 6, 2003, at 8:43:21
In reply to Re: Maintenance ECT Anyone? » TooDeadForDreamin, posted by Bob on November 6, 2003, at 3:37:41
> You mentioned that the ECT caused memory loss, but never said whether it helped you at all. Did it alleviate any symptoms of your illness in any respect whatsoever, or was it totally ineffectual from that standpoint?
The ECT doctor said it helped (don't they always?), but I obviously have no recollection.
By the time my basic memory functions returned (a couple of weeks), I was more depressed than before. So the ECT itself was of no value to me, unless there was a brief period when I was a happy zombie.
But whatever neurochemistry changes it created did seem to effect my subsequent experience with the Paxil.
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