Posted by bleauberry on June 24, 2009, at 19:03:42
In reply to Is ECT neuroprotective?, posted by Roslynn on June 24, 2009, at 15:39:01
> Hi all,
>
> I had a pdoc tell me ECT is "neuroprotective."
> Anyone ever heard that?
It makes me wonder whether the side effects of ECT are not only on the patients memory, but also on the critical faculties of the clinician giving it.
> How could such a thing be measured?About the same way you would measure a grenade blast.
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> RoslynnDid this pdoc mention prescribing an antipsychotic? Not for you, for himself.
I always welcome second opinions.
I guess if you call short term memory loss that may or may not ever return, longterm memory loss that is wiped out forever, chunks of life obliterated from history, word retrieval difficulty, name recall difficulty, slowed mathematical funciton, and slowed cognition function...if all these things are called neuroprotective, then yes, he is correct.
Ask him to try it on himself and let us all know how it goes.
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