Posted by bleauberry on September 18, 2009, at 5:28:27
In reply to Cognitive performance after ECT, BP2, + Meds, posted by uncouth on September 18, 2009, at 0:28:28
I just wanted to share that my experience post-ECT is similar. Except I don't take any medicines or supplements at this time.
Memory is definitely screwed. Especially in terms of name recall, navigating my way through a cash register at work, learning something new, remembering newly learned things, remembering dates, sometimes getting letters mixed up in a word, forgetting how to spell a simple word, and random difficulty doing a simple math, and stuff like that.
Some of it must be due to neuroborellia, but it was never even a factor until ECT. Prior to ECT, I was straight-A performance in everything.
Anyway, here's the weird part. Thinking through a complex problem...I am extremely sharp. Coming up with solutions...very sharp...such as in a work situation or a person-to-person conflict or just about anything that causes a group of people to stop and say, "Gee, how are we possibly going to fix this?" Seeing the obvious when no one sees it...very sharp. Insight...very sharp. Creativity (music compositiona and improvisation) significantly enhanced.
So it is weird. On one hand, parts of the brain have been weakened horribly while other parts have been dramatically enhanced.
Strange. I want to keep the good stuff, so I'm not complaining there. The negative stuff, well, I learn to live with it. It is a new chapter. What was will never be again.
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