Posted by Zeba on June 2, 2008, at 23:19:22
In reply to Wow! Excellent point » Crotale, posted by Racer on June 2, 2008, at 21:00:55
I did a lot of research before getting ECT and even knew from Sackheim's study in 2007 that he found on 6 month follow up that people continued to show deficits after ECT. He had not thought this was so in the past. He found this even though some of his test measures were not the best.
Most ECT docs do ECT with people who are depressed and do not have underlying issues such as a personality disorder. They might have anxiety or something like that.
or myself, I changed my pdoc who pushed ECT from day one. I tried all sorts of antidepressants, but we never really stayed with any one of them for very long as he had his mind set on ECT which I finally did even though I was going to work every day and was not suicidal. He was doing therapy with me as well but would get angry when I would say I was feeling worse. Then, he would talk about ECT and pushed and pushed the issue.
Since quitting ECT, I now take Parnate, 40 mg. per day, and I am also seeing a therapist/analyst three times per week. To some extent I have PTSD from the ECT and from how my last doctor treated me. So, this stirred about other stuff too. I am actually doing much better now, given the therapy and not the ECT which still causes me some memory and disorientation problems over a year later. I don't know what ther experience is of others, but I have not been aware of people having long standing personality issues in addition to the depression, the people who have gotten ECT. Unfortunately, it is sometimes given to people with depression and trauma history and/or eating disorders, and it typically results in a re-traumatization. There is some research to back this up if you are interested.
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