Posted by Crotale on July 27, 2008, at 15:10:22
I've been experiencing mild cognitive side FX (mild anomia, i.e. word-finding difficulty) for about a week, maybe a little more, and it already seems to be going away. Of course I've dropped down to once every 2 weeks which may well have something to do with it. I'm pretty impressed by how few side effects I've experienced, but I will say this stuff is still pretty annoying/embarrassing for someone such as myself who is accustomed to having multiple dictionaries (English, Latin, and some Greek) at her fingertips. I really hope it will either go away, or my pdoc will be willing to prescribe something which will help.
Has anyone encountered or heard of any cognitive side effects (particularly with bilateral or bifrontal ECT, but in general, with any electrode placement) that are *not* memory-related? If so could you let me know? I'm curious. (This is a sure sign of improving mental health in my case: curiosity.)
-Crotale
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