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Re: ECT: time to do it? Experiences?

Posted by papillon2 on May 9, 2012, at 19:14:23

In reply to Re: ECT: time to do it? Experiences? » papillon2, posted by psychobot5000 on May 8, 2012, at 22:20:25

> Fortunately, re: disorientation, I live in a city with an excellent public transportation system, so I shouldn't need rides. Hopefully.

The hospital is unlikely to let you leave by yourself. In fact they usually insist that someone looks after you for the rest of the day.

> Papillon, do you happen to know anything of the types of ECT used on those acquaintances of yours for whom it worked?

They all had right-unilateral ECT, including the people who reacted badly to it. Depending on whether or not they were involved in a study, the ECT may have been:
- brief pulse (standard form in this hospital and the control) or
- ultra-brief pulse; and
- the standard form of anesthesia (control) or
- the standard form of anesthesia combined with another agent such as ketamine.

Here's one write-up:
http://m.taj.sagepub.com/content/3/2/69.abstract?sid=7094fe8c-33f4-4281-ac87-1e4ee9d88a1b

> Was there a final reason you chose not to do ECT yourself?

I have always wanted to exhaust other more palatable options first, but it was never really my decision whether or not to have ECT. I had been in hospital for 4 months with a number of failed drug trials and although a voluntary patient they were considering having me sectioned for ECT for various reasons.

It was eventually decided that the risks of ECT outweighed the benefits, as I was re-experiencing trauma from previous involuntary, long-term hospitalizations as a teenager.


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