Posted by SLS on January 5, 2007, at 6:46:40
In reply to re: ECT is this a surprise? » blueberry1, posted by skeptiK on January 4, 2007, at 20:39:01
> So sorry to hear that you are still suffering with that. I guess I am fortunate in that I decided not to do it, but everytime I sink low my p-doc brings it up, and now I feel like, do they really care? Or is it fix the problem at whatever cost?
I wouldn't blame your doctor for acting on the information he was taught.
It might be quite awhile before a consensus is arrived at regarding ECT and the pervasiveness and persistence of cognitive side effects.
I went through a series of 15 ECT treatments. I would not do it again. Of course, that it didn't work figures into my decision. The last 9 treatments were bilateral. For me, the cognitive side effects were pronounced and lasted for at least a month. Measurable deficits might have lasted quite a bit longer.
- Scott
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