Posted by CareBear04 on February 7, 2005, at 10:23:09
In reply to Re: Are there good and bad places to have ECT?, posted by SLS on February 6, 2005, at 7:47:10
saddoggie,
thanks so pointing out the obvious. i didn't mean to scare our friend; i only wanted to make sure she knew what could happen.
as for my "friend," my roommate in the hospital-- i'm not sure what happened to her. i was booted prematurely from the hospital. she did still have the shuffles and memory problems. i knew memory problems are a real risk, but i was having them already with my meds and was feeling so awful, that i was willing to take the risk.
when i was in the hospital before, they often used ECT on the older women patients. according to my friend, a med student who observed, they could go from dragging and negative and sad to smiling and looking forward to seeing family. that kind of change is worth aiming for!
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