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Re: Worked as RN in ECT dept. » stargazer

Posted by Crazy Horse on July 20, 2006, at 23:23:47

In reply to Worked as RN in ECT dept., posted by stargazer on July 20, 2006, at 20:02:00

> Hi,
>
> Haven't posted in a long while. I worked in the ECT dept at a major university hospital in the Northeast and never had a good feeling about ECT. Although some people improved initially, many just went onto maintenance ECT which means you come back "forever" to maintain your mood status. I'm not even sure the mood was ever that great to sustain. And the chief MD did not seem too sympathetic towards the patients and he NEVER said "it's not working" or ever decided to stop the treatments. I felt his motivation was $$$(big surprise?)and his biggest goal for the day was to treat as many pts as he could in the least amount of time. I eventually had to leave because I didn't feel the patients were being treated as I would want any patient to be treated, especially depressed patients, unable make good rationale decisions. It was always the patients who decided to stop and in my opinion, they were blamed for not continuing treatment, never was their reluctance to continue ECT understood. Go figure, isn't psychiatry supposed to understand this type of resistance? I also saw people I felt should never have ECT, i.e. demented elderly, who couldn't give their consent yet "signed" forms saying they were agreeing to treatment. I told the MD they were confused and couldn't sign a consent but he minimized this and basically ignored my concerns.
>
> Sorry for being negative, but that was what I saw and feel anyone who considers it should know. I you do decide it is your last chance, make sure you have a friend who can be your spokesperson, who knows you and will speak for you because you won't remember sh*t.

Damn, that's just flippin heart breaking. It makes me sick! All about the fu*kin' almighty dollar?? One thing for sure, if it does work..the effects are short lived. My pdoc wanted me to travel to Seattle 250 miles from my home town for maintenance treatments, which i did not do...i could tell even in the state i was in, that he was after money too! One thing is sure, i will/would never do ECT again!

Monte


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