Posted by Bob on February 4, 2011, at 23:32:37
In reply to Re: ECT Could Be On The Way Out per FDA, posted by Sailboat77 on February 4, 2011, at 16:39:22
> I had ECT myself 6 months ago and even though it didn't work, in fact it made me feel worse because of the side effects, I still think it should always remain an option. From what some people have said, it's a life saver and they depend on it in their constant battle with depression. I do agree though that testing for long-term repercussions is important.
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> Sometimes it's easy to dismiss certain medicines or treatments for depression because our own experience with them were unsuccessful or even negative. But what really matters in the end is if a treatment works for the individual. I think I just recently started to learn what this means.
I had very mixed results with ECT, as well as many other treatments. In fact, considering that I'm treatment resistant I'd had mostly negative results with all treatments. But I would never deny anyone else access to those treatments if they claimed it worked for them. I can see where that sentiment would come from however since a few treatments have played a part in bringing me to the brink of death, and when there one can get quite angry and think that no one else should try it.
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