Posted by Phil on June 3, 2012, at 20:44:51
In reply to Re: ECT =and brain damage » psychobot5000, posted by xean on June 3, 2012, at 19:46:21
My mother, 30 years ago, called me at my work which she never did. She was slurring her words and crying and I freaked out. She was a recovering alcoholic and I thought she had started drinking again. I told her I was on my way and drove two hours to where she lived.
She had a very steep fall into the worst depression I've ever seen. I knew nothing about psychiatry or ECT and called psychiatrists at random trying to get any info. I never got to talk to any of them.
I think that ECT saved her and her memory remained sharp...much better than mine.
My brothers thought that she was not quite the same afterwards but like her youngest son, me, her life was no picnic. Maybe ECT affected her somehow or maybe the accumulation of life circumstances just caught up with her. I didn't notice a big difference in her behavior. I was just glad that the option was there.Life is good.
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