Posted by blueboy on September 24, 2007, at 15:32:17
In reply to Fflorence/others w ECT experience, + / -, posted by stargazer2 on September 24, 2007, at 9:02:37
I've never had ECT myself. I would definitely have it if I were suicidal enough, i.e. I'd try it before I'd kill myself.
My pdoc, who is good, says that ECT is very successful in a lot of cases. It's important to get it from somewhere that is up-to-date and knows about sine waves and stuff.
Also, read "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath (a writer who committed suicide). She said that getting ECT -- and this was in the 1950's -- made her feel like she had been living in a vacuum, and all of a sudden the lid was taken off and she could breathe again. Since it's a very good book and was written after treatment, at least ONE person obviously was helped by it, and didn't have her brain/memory damaged beyond repair.
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