Posted by SLS on July 1, 2009, at 4:26:43
In reply to Re: ECT - Zeba (My Take)...))Ant-Rock » Rdragon, posted by Zeba on June 30, 2009, at 23:41:30
> Be careful thinking ECT will allow you to feel normal.
I underwent a series of 15 ECT treatments. I would neither endorse them nor condemn them at this point. Just as the application parameters of rTMS have been refined over the last decaded, so, too have those of ECT. However, I just don't trust that ECT will be a benign treatment for everyone. What seems to slip by peoples's attention, is that being very treatment resistent to antidepressant medication makes for a reduced prognosis that ECT will work. Still, if you have reached the end of the line pharmacologically, the choices are few:
1. ECT
2. VNS
3. rTMS
4. DBS
5. PsychotherapyI can't think of any more at the moment. Please add to this list, as I feel that I have reached the end of the line myself.
- Scott
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