Posted by fattoush on April 18, 2009, at 8:14:41
In reply to Re: ECT » Sigismund, posted by Larry Hoover on April 13, 2009, at 20:09:08
This is all quite discomforting. I have just had ECT, late Feb through mid-March. I was having such horrendous headaches from the minute I woke up from anesthesia until I went back and was put to sleep again, that I was given Butorphanol Tartrate. Nothing else would work. I got addicted to it, and that's a long story. I stopped my treatment because of the headaches, not knowing yet I was also dealing with a severe addiction problem.
I had 8 sessions, all ultra-brief rapid pulse right-side, assuming the doctors were honest. I had tried so many meds and combinations of meds prior, sticking to them, giving them the due time.
I haven't felt any cognitive impairment. Then again, as I was before ECT, I can't concentrate or read anything at all.
Benefits? As of 2d through 5th session, before I got so addicted to the barbiturate, I felt them. I was another person for all close to me. After that, I was getting stoned in-between sessions, because I had awful headaches.
Right now, all benefits are gone. I am very depressed. I have contemplated going back for "maintenance." Then again, why should I, if any benefit I had disappeared?
And reading this thread certainly makes me less likely to go back.
I blogged the experience in detail on fattoush.wordpress.com, if anyone cares.
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