Posted by Karen44 on June 10, 2006, at 23:40:19
In reply to Re: ECT - glad I did it, posted by Jost on June 10, 2006, at 19:37:35
> Hi, Karen.
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> Since parnate worked for you, have you considered trying emsam?
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> I used parnate for a few years, and it was somewhat effective, although it make me extremely tired. Then I ran into a problem and had to stop. Now I'm on emsam, with so far good results.
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> Everyone has to decide what the stakes are, but ECT is unpredictable. It works for some, with minor, or transient memory loss.
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> However, a good friend of mine had it, and suffered complete memory loss for several months of her life, as well as some other really disturbing effects, which happily remitted over time.
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> There was an NPR show on the subject of memory loss with ECT a couple months ago. The program was an episode of an ongoing one called "The Infinite Mind." It might be on a archive on their website, if you would want to look it up.
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Thanks for your post; since I often have to testify in court related to cases from as long as one year ago, I am even more reluctant now to consider ECT. Plus I have since had cervical spine surgery (last year) and have a plate and pins in my neck. I would not want that messed up either.Karen
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