Posted by LostBoyinNC1 on July 29, 2002, at 11:19:32
In reply to Re: Has ECT become the treatment for the wealthy? » LostBoyinNC1, posted by Bob on July 29, 2002, at 0:47:44
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> > The rest of us just get the medication merry go round with a little bit of cheap therapy thrown in.
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> I think you might be romanticizing ECT a little bit. I believe most people, if not just about everyone, who undergoes ECT goes back on ADs. I haven't heard any stories personally of someone who is seriously ill, gets ECT, and then is med free. I could be wrong. Additionally, I'm not sure that ECT is a complete panacea - it is not always effective.
>I never ever said that people who undergo effective ECT dont go back on meds. In fact its well known that to prevent relapse they must always go back on meds. ECT is the most effective treatment for causing FULL REMISSION in the most severe mood disorders and thats a hard fact and has been studied into the ground. There are more than fifty studies backing this up. Nothing and i mean NOTHING has the efficacy at treating severe mood disorder states like psychotic depression, manic depression and the melancholia subtype as ECT.
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