Posted by morganpmiller on June 20, 2009, at 1:11:38
In reply to Re: ECT - tunnle vision, posted by linkadge on June 19, 2009, at 17:13:54
> When people are depressed they just look for the evidence that *they* want to see and hear.
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> If I want to hear that ECT is safe and effective, I can find evidence that it is. If I want to find evidence that it causes damage, I can find it.
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> I can understand your pain, but just don't get tunnle vision over something like this. I find a lot of people get tunnle vision when they are depressed.
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> LinkadgeI agree with people wanting to see what they want when they are afflicted with something and feeling desperate for an answer.
I have hear by the way that many have benefited in the long run by ECT.
I am not going to go through with ECT even though it was heavily pitched at me by an ECT specialist.
I do believe that currently there are ways of using ECT to not only improve effectiveness, but also greatly reduce risks.
I also believe that there is a particular subset of depressed patients out there who may only be saved by ECT. While there may be some ECT horror stories, especially in the past, there are many stories of people claiming that ECT saved their lives.
I do think it should be the last and final option for severe depressives. At least until there is a day where there are virtually no dangers with a treatment like ECT. This may or may not happen. I believe it is very possible. Just like I believe it is likely one day that medications will be virtually free of damaging side effect. By then, medication may not even be used anymore. Within our life time, we may see treatments that repair the damage to our brains and restore normal function permanently.
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