Posted by shellir on January 1, 2002, at 23:10:35
In reply to Re: The Sky is Falling, posted by OldSchool on January 1, 2002, at 21:19:24
Well, I'm with Old School here: personally I would rather take the risks of ECT (unilateral, anyway), than the risks of any AP, atypical or otherwise.
I've been researching ECT for a while, and have not found any long term memory effects reported by unilateral ECT. I also spent some time several weeks ago with a woman receiving unilateral ECT who after five sessions had not experienced any memory loss.
As far as the atypical APs, last doctor has had several patients who have developed TD after being on serequel--and my understanding is that they were not on it for years and years. The atypical ADs begain to come out ten years ago, and I find it appaulling that I am unable to find any stats on TD, for people who have been on these drugs for five years, or even one year.
The good news is that my pdoc said that both her "cases" of TD were resolved within four months. As a photographer, however, TD would mean an absolute hiatus from my business until resolution. So if both ECT and an AP yielded the same results, I would take my chances for ECT, at this point in my life, anyway.
Actually now I am on opiates again to control my depression, and of course this is still another imperfect solution. In my case, however, it seems like the best of the imperfect options, and hopefully, I'll find a different solution before I run out, and have to resort to mulitiple doctors and multiple lies.
Shelli
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