Posted by psychobot5000 on June 3, 2012, at 21:26:04
In reply to Re: ECT =and brain damage, posted by Phil on June 3, 2012, at 20:44:51
Thanks Zyprexa, Tired of Chemicals, Xean, Phil, and any others I am probably forgetting, who have recently responded to the query.
ECT is not an easy decision. I can't say this thread has so far made my own decision markedly clearer, but I think threads like these are useful, and the many intelligent comments add to our sum aggregate of knowledge on this issue.
-p> My mother, 30 years ago, called me at my work which she never did. She was slurring her words and crying and I freaked out. She was a recovering alcoholic and I thought she had started drinking again. I told her I was on my way and drove two hours to where she lived.
> She had a very steep fall into the worst depression I've ever seen. I knew nothing about psychiatry or ECT and called psychiatrists at random trying to get any info. I never got to talk to any of them.
> I think that ECT saved her and her memory remained sharp...much better than mine.
> My brothers thought that she was not quite the same afterwards but like her youngest son, me, her life was no picnic. Maybe ECT affected her somehow or maybe the accumulation of life circumstances just caught up with her. I didn't notice a big difference in her behavior. I was just glad that the option was there.
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