Posted by Justherself54 on February 6, 2008, at 8:41:47
In reply to Re: Those doctors and their Lies* is what I meant., posted by linkadge on February 1, 2008, at 15:09:26
I had ECT..5 treatments..I didn't think it worked and my pdoc stopped it as I stopped sleeping but my daughter feels that's when I started to get better, so who knows ..do I have memory loss..yes I do..am I bitter..no, I was informed of the risks but at the time I was in such bad shape and had been on so many meds that pooped out on me..I didn't want to die but I knew if some intervention didn't happen quickly it was just a matter of time..
It's interesting to note that I can't remember a whole lot of things before ECT either and I do believe that was caused by the depth of depression I was in..and I don't mean standing at the edge of the black hole looking in..I was standing at the bottom of it..
My GP who hospitalized me and my pdoc who started ECT both had my best interests at heart at the time..and were extremely worried at the state I was in..
I've accepted my memory loss and so have my friends and family..and perhaps its the reason I can't seem to get back to my career..but maybe it did work enough to allow me the time for another go round with meds..
It is too bad pdocs don't know if it's going to work..but a great many drugs I have tried didn't work either.
In my case it was better to have tried and failed than where I was heading which was death..
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