Posted by BarbaraCat on August 25, 2003, at 17:25:04
In reply to Re: Explain this, posted by Psychquackery on August 25, 2003, at 17:02:38
Dear Igor,
You're the most enthusiastic proponent of ECT I've ever come across. Not everyone has had the positive experience as you, at least from the posts on this board. Could you please give us your experiences of it? How many treatments you had? Did you experience any memory loss or other negative effects? Did you have prior anxiety that was helped by it? How and when did you know it helped you? How long did/have the positive effects last?I think we're all looking for something that will help us. Maybe stimulating the outer cortex is very helpful in some kinds of depression and not in others or with some people and not others. You never know how someone will react to anything. The idea of ECT intrigues me but of course the possibility of memory loss and other dangerous outcomes is frightening. The idea of rTMS also intrigues me mainly because of the supposed lack of these serious side effects. It sounds pretty benign and if it helps, great, but I certainly wouldn't be so naive as to pin all my hopes on it. I'd say the majority of us here feel the same way.
At this point, ECT still has that scariness to it that may not be warranted with the new methods of treatment. It would help all of us if you could weigh the pros and cons of ECT that you experienced along with your experience of other meds/methods, your diagnosis, etc. You'll be providing excellent info for us. Thanks. - BarbaraCat
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