Posted by bleauberry on August 5, 2008, at 18:51:29
In reply to Re: ECT cognitive side FX » bleauberry, posted by SLS on August 5, 2008, at 5:45:53
I don't know, Scott.
I found it interesting that my Dad, who spent a year as an MD in the Vietnam war, said ECT after-effects were very similar to the head trauma suffered by grenade blasts.
Maybe ECT works by shocking the HPA axis and all the master glands back to baseline where they were pre-disease. Maybe it kills hidden micro-organisms or parasites causing nervous system inflammation or disruption (my own theory). Maybe it stimulates the release of all neurotransmitters. I have no idea. And neither does anyone else.
All I do know is logic...that is, an electric shock to the head, strong enough to induce seizures, is not harm-free to the head.
> Do you think that ECT disrupts long term potentiation (LPT)? Has it been mentioned in any studies you have seen?
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