Posted by Bob on December 2, 2005, at 0:32:40
In reply to Re: Last resorts, posted by Squiggles on December 1, 2005, at 12:40:04
I had ECT voluntarily as an outpatient earlier this past spring. I wasn't in an ultra-crisis but was headed down hill and felt that I was at an impasse with meds. Unfortunately, I don't think it came out well. I've heard from plenty of sources that ECT helps many people, but I can say with some certainty that I wasn't one of them. There were some interesting positive things that occurred, but as time went on, I began getting some extreme negatives that eventually brought the treatments to a close. One thing ECT did was give me some energy. Ironically, the time after cessation of the treatments was the worst, which no one saw coming, and I have never really gotten back to a truly safe place since. I'm in bad shape, and I don't think I'd ever go back to those treatments. I do think back sometimss and wish I could have retained the few benefits it proferred. I hate medicines, so it's not like I'm overjoyed to be back on them. My ECT doctor told me that some people are transformed to like new from ECT and I believe him. I don't really see why he'd lie.
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