Posted by linkadge on December 4, 2007, at 23:37:30
In reply to Re: another ECT question/Bleauberry, posted by stargazer2 on December 4, 2007, at 23:19:35
>I know ECT is done commonly at hospitals and it >is widely accepted, but I am telling you it is >downright serious stuff.
I'd like to add that while ECT is done often in hospitals, it is not necessarily widely accepted. There is a lot of internal controversy that I know doesn't get a lot of publicity. Doctors likely have their own personal opinions about ECT that they don't share for fear of possible criticism. When ECT gets pulled off the market (which it will, hopefully in the next 10-15 years)the conscensious will change overnight.
New evidence shows that the statistics on ECT are *seriously* flawed, and this is not one procedure you want to have under under the wrong pretences.
A large, new study for instance, shows that between nonresponse, and relapse, something like 80% of those treated will have fully relapsed within a year. Then you've got the brain damage on top of that.>Withdrawing from anything isn't easy, but >withdrawing from pot was honestly easier than >withdrawing from any prescription med I've ever >taken.
I wouldn't be in any great rush to quit marijanna if you think it helps. I do agree with above that (for me at least) withdrawl was nothing compared to AD's.
What scares me about people going for ECT, is they always seem to be in this horrible rush. I liken it to a gambling mentality. It seems that they get it into their head that they want ECT, and there is nothing that can be done to have them consider otherwise. Something like a gambler, who has these visions of (whatever) in their head feels compelled to just wing an extreme gamble without full consideration of the consequences.
You may want to sober up from the MJ, just insomuch as you can make a clearheaded decision about the ECT. Not to say that your judgement is necessarily flawed, only that it sometimes can be with any substance.
Linkadge
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