Posted by SLS on June 5, 2013, at 6:18:59
In reply to Electroconvulsive Therapy Treatment #6, posted by Trevpr on June 4, 2013, at 14:15:04
> Hey everybody, so far I've had 6 ECTs and my 7th one is tomorrow. I'm starting to get worried because I haven't felt any significant changes!
Have you felt any insignificant changes? Has anyone close to you noticed any changes?
The speed of response is variable. Some people begin to respond to ECT after a single treatment. Some people need 6 - 12. I would rather not guess as to how many treatments it would take for you to respond. Believe it or not, there isn't very much scientific inquiry into the speed of onset of response to ECT.
> I've been getting bilateral ECTs,
In the past, bilateral electrode placement has been considered to be the most potent method of ECT to treat depression, but it carries the heaviest burden of cognitive side effects. New methods of comparable efficacy are being developed that utilize right unilateral placement and bifrontal placement with varying values for stimulus parameters:
1. amplitude
2. shape
3. width
4. train frequency
5. directionality
6. polarity
7. duration
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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