tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709785282773636350.post4402436224004185031..comments2023-10-19T13:39:14.945+02:00Comments on Dr Shock MD PhD: 9 Videos on ECT, electroconvulsive therapy.Dr. Shockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372987090860490834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709785282773636350.post-34691749661894605662007-12-10T20:33:00.000+01:002007-12-10T20:33:00.000+01:00Thanks for the videos. I second Aqua's comments. I...Thanks for the videos. I second Aqua's comments. <BR/>I've had courses of ECT a few times, and probably half have lifted the depression for at least a few months. The other time, while not getting the results, didn't do any harm. <BR/><BR/>During the series of treatments, I was able to function as normally as I was before - bearing in mind that the depression does limit what I do anyway - but I have very little memory of the two or three weeks from the first session on. There was a bit of vocab difficulty during that time as well, but that also stopped soon after.<BR/><BR/>Guess I'm heading for it again in the new year, because nothing has worked for so long now. I remember that I used to have a life, but I don't remember anymore what it felt like...jcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736961961261409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709785282773636350.post-1839758567682820102007-12-09T19:52:00.000+01:002007-12-09T19:52:00.000+01:00I am glad ECT worked for you and thanks for sharin...I am glad ECT worked for you and thanks for sharing your experiences, regards Dr ShockDr. Shockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372987090860490834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709785282773636350.post-11909955432343207212007-12-09T19:21:00.000+01:002007-12-09T19:21:00.000+01:00Dr. Shock,Thank you so much for sharing these vide...Dr. Shock,<BR/>Thank you so much for sharing these videos and being an advocate for those of us whose depression resists other treatments. When I went in for ECT not a single family member or friend supported my decision: and it was my decision, not my psychiatrist's. <BR/><BR/>After 4 years of being in a treatment resistant MDE I couldn't take being that depressed any longer, so I asked my pdoc to refer me for ECT. The results were dramatic and, like the gentleman describing his experiences, I felt my mood lift very quickly.<BR/><BR/>I did have some short term memory problems but they were transient and disappeared after a couple months. My depression was so bad before ECT that it was causing really bad cognitive and memory problems so these short term problems were tiny in comparison.<BR/><BR/>In part I did ECT as I understood that sometimes after ECT medications will work better. Post ECT I began taking Lamotrigine and my mood lifted even more. Unfortunately, about a month and a half out of the hospital I fell and broke both my elbows (my pdoc suspects the Lamotrigine was causing balance problems as I fell numerous times while taking it). Within weeks my mood dropped and I was back to where I began.<BR/><BR/>I would however, do ECT again. I believe at the time it saved my life when nothing else seemed to help me. If I do it again I will share these videos with my family and friends. Thanks.<BR/>...aquaAquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230285017033299419noreply@blogger.com