Posted by Enigma on August 22, 2007, at 12:20:12
In reply to Can it hurt analogy....to all, posted by clubfitter on August 21, 2007, at 22:58:46
> i guess what im saying is if i weigh 500 lbs and lose 200, it wouldnt hurt to lose another 100....i feel like i have "lost the weight" but want to get as this go around as i can....im tired of feeling so bad for so long....im better, but can ECT do me any worse...other than side effects.....thx
I know the feeling of being sick and tired of being, sick and tired, no pun intended.
I don't know what the long term effects of ECT are, but I can't imagine there are no negative ones.
Other than side effects, and the many pains you will endure before and after the procedure, I guess, in my opinion, the answer to your question would be no, it couldn't hurt. I still would take that with a grain of salt.
Losing memories.. at first, before you lose them, you think, no big deal if I lose a few "bits" here and there, but, it *really* annoyed me over time, after the procedure, and many months later, as I would "find out", from my wife usually, about something I said or did, that I had 0 memory of, absolutely none. It's not a side-effect to overlook, and it unfortunately is permanent, and creeps up on you over and over again as someone you know reminds you of something that you "lost", ie., forgot.
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