Posted by cache-monkey on March 19, 2005, at 13:35:02
In reply to Re: no I don't » cache-monkey, posted by maxime on March 18, 2005, at 20:23:02
Wow. Truth be told, I didn't know that much about ECT, and have just heard it touted as an option of last resort. I can see now why it is the last resort, and totally understand your objections/misgivings.
Hope the DBS comes through for you.
Best,
cache-monkey> No I will never have ECT. It destroys brain tissue and this is how is was discovered.
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> The story of electric shock* began in 1938, when Italian psychiatrist Ugo Cerletti visited a Rome slaughterhouse to see what could be learned from the method that was employed to butcher hogs. In Cerletti's own words, "As soon as the hogs were clamped by the [electric] tongs, they fell unconscious, stiffened, then after a few seconds they were shaken by convulsions.... During this period of unconsciousness (epileptic coma), the butcher stabbed and bled the animals without difficulty....
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> Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize-winning author who killed himself after complaining that psychiatric electric shocks had ruined his career by destroying his memory. "Well, what is the sense of ruining my head and erasing my memory, which is my capital, and putting me out of business? It was a brilliant cure but we lost the patient."
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> I agree with Hemingway.
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> There is always memory loss with ECT. You never know how much until you have it, and I will not take that chance.
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> I know you mean well CM, but ECT is not an option for me. I will kill myself first.
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> Maxime
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> > Hi Maxime,
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> > It sounds like things are really rough for you right now. But, I'm wondering if you've considered ECT. I know for many it's a scary idea, but I've heard that it can actually be quite effective for treatment-resistent depression.
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> > Best,
> > cache-monkey
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> > > I am jealous that you have something that works. I have been on everything that is available and they stop working.
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> > > I am not functioning right now.
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> > > I am no more angry that I have to antidepressant than if I was diabetic and had to take insulin.
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> > > I am angry that I have treatment resistant depression. I am angry that no can help me.
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> > > And now that anger is slowly turning into apathy.
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> > > So count your blessings that you have found a cocktail that works.
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> > > Maxime
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