Posted by chiron on August 22, 2007, at 0:14:32
In reply to IN THIS SITUATION, CAN ECT HURT?, posted by clubfitter on August 19, 2007, at 22:13:06
My ECT experience hasn't been as bad as Enigma's, but that's the risk (as with meds), you never know how your body is going to react. There were days I would get to work by 10am after I had had a procedure and be fine.
Relapse rates are high, but ect treatments can be helpful (as in my case), if you are in the depths of hell and you need to get out asap.
I don't know if ECT is best to describe as "reprogramming" - I wish it had permanantly reprogrammed my brain. It's more like a "jump-start."
If the meds are already working, I would continue just trying them.
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