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Posted by laladadidum on April 28, 2006, at 1:33:57
1) bilateral or unilateral?
2) how many treatments
3) how much retrograde memories were wiped out
Posted by pseudoname on April 28, 2006, at 12:55:04
In reply to ECT-how much memory was wiped out, posted by laladadidum on April 28, 2006, at 1:33:57
Hey, laladadidum.
1) I had unilateral ECT as an outpatient.
2) 18 treatments in about 6 weeks
3) I lost no memories whatsoever.
You don't ask if the ECT was effective. Mine was not. No improvement of any kind.
Posted by pseudoname on April 28, 2006, at 12:57:48
In reply to Re: bilateral; none » laladadidum, posted by pseudoname on April 28, 2006, at 12:55:04
One other consequence of my ECT treatment:
I was denied health insurance because ECT was on my record. Now, fortunately, it's been long enough ago that it's not included in the report, but in the U.S., if you ever have to buy your own insurance, ECT can have a very bad impact.
Posted by laladadidum on April 29, 2006, at 2:43:56
In reply to Re: ECT and insurance ?pseudoname, posted by pseudoname on April 28, 2006, at 12:57:48
aww, i didn't know that
Posted by omega513 on May 1, 2006, at 2:15:12
In reply to ECT-how much memory was wiped out, posted by laladadidum on April 28, 2006, at 1:33:57
I had 8 unilateral treatments. I don't remember a period of about 6 months. I see myself in picture from that time and have no recollection. It's bizarre. And no, I did not get any better at all.
Posted by laladadidum on May 2, 2006, at 18:32:23
In reply to Re: ECT-how much memory was wiped out, posted by omega513 on May 1, 2006, at 2:15:12
was it 100% of the 6 months or just bit and peices
Posted by omega513 on May 21, 2006, at 23:50:45
In reply to Re: ECT-how much memory was wiped out, posted by laladadidum on May 2, 2006, at 18:32:23
maybe 75%, but a good chunk
Posted by pulse on May 22, 2006, at 14:06:46
In reply to Re: ECT-how much memory was wiped out, posted by omega513 on May 21, 2006, at 23:50:45
from 14 years to 9 yrs. ago, i had 2 full courses of 12 treatments - done BILATERALLY. the 3rd go-round, i was not as seriously depressed as was thought when they were started, so i had only 3 or so. these last ones, i'm not 100% sure were done bilaterally, but my best guess is that they were. (another p-doc did them, in another town, but he was old school and - by now - practiced for 45 yrs, until he retired recently.) seems the older docs prefer bilateral.
i've seen alot of talk here on prior threads re: ECTs and a big warning to not get bilateral. i couldn't disagree more!
i had absolutely no memory loss, no headaches, no side-effects of any kind with the bilateral method. best i've ever felt.
the real problem, imo, is finding the best practicioner to do them, and word of mouth, or a *good therapist/ nurse with many contacts, are the only ways i know of accomplishing this. for instance, when my main ECT doc was out of town, i had to go to the second most "popular" ECT doc at that hosptial; he did them unilaterally, and i got headaches i'd compare to migraines or worse, and memory loss. i walked out AMA asap.
all ECTs are done out-patient now here; i have no way to do this. if i did, i would do again in a ny minute.
best of luck, if you choose to do ECT.
pulse
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