Posted by cybercafe on December 12, 2004, at 1:02:05
In reply to ECT, posted by anxiety_free on December 10, 2004, at 17:47:39
> my cousin had bilateral, I believe. She's tough on shrinks (in a good way); she fored her doc to consent to ending the treatments and trying another round of meds if the treatment interfered with her life or if she just felt like it. LOL..she's a shrewd negotiator. Anyway, she lucked out in the memory dept..the only blackouts are before the treatment and bit afterwards. BUT, you're right; ECT can be ddddaaaaannnngggeeerous. A friend of mine was taking a TCA and his doc decded for ECT. Problem? TCA make you more seizure prone than many other antidepresants...and, yup, he had a seizure from hell. Luckily that doc has been taken care of.
i'm curious by what you mean "that doc has been taken care of"... i was pretty much under the impression that you are going to have a really tough time getting one doctor to admitt to the faults of another, especially openly make a statement against another (as with most professions)
it's strange because now that i know enough about medicine i will hear doctors talk about family members and explain things and i realize that there are probably 6 or so explanations for a certain symptom/event and they will choose the one which puts it the most out of their hands when in fact it is the least likely....
as much as i may be biased against doctors, this was actually a very cut and dry case (auto-immune disorder, not psychiatric)
apologies if people find my run on sentences hard to follow (?)
poster:cybercafe
thread:426687
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20041211/msgs/428098.html