Posted by Noa on May 16, 2000, at 15:38:31
In reply to Re: Thank You to MedLib and Chris A., posted by Mark H. on May 16, 2000, at 9:48:36
I don't know the official term, but it sounds like your friend had what people call a "drop attack." A "petit mal" seizure, now usually called "absence", pronounced the French way, is like blank stares.
I think a lot of folks with eplilepsy also have to struggle with depression, either from biological effects from seizures, or from the lack of control--uncontrolled seizures have a devastating effect on one's quality of life.
And even tho I don't know if it is a different kind of seizure with ECT, I am pretty sure that the intensity is controlled for, whereas each time a person has an uncontrolled one, not only could there be injuries as people have described (falling, injuries from muscle contractions, breathing cessation, potential effects on the heart, etc), but the level of intensity is unpredictable, and therefore the potential for brain damage is unpredictable.
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