Posted by Phil on September 4, 2001, at 21:34:29
In reply to Re: About to get ECT.... » PhoenixGirl, posted by adamie on September 4, 2001, at 18:51:37
PhoenixGirl, I've gone thru tons of meds to find a combo that will keep me afloat. I'm doing okay.
My mother had ect and everything was really fine.
This was about 23 years ago, before I was diagnosed with depression. Not knowing much about ect scared me tremendously. But it did save her life.
I would do ect in a heartbeat if I knew I was in dire straights.
I would study a bit about whether it would be bilateral or unilateral, how long the DR. has done the procedure and how long he's worked with his team. Especially the anesthesiologist(sp).
Follow your gut.
If you search the web for ect stuff, there's a lot of trash out there. Ect isn't risk free and, I've heard, in rare cases people have lost quite a bit of their memory and weren't having much luck regaining it. My mom's was short term memory loss and within a few months, her memory was back to being better than mine. I never could remember shit. :-)Do what you gotta do,
Phil
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