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ECT treatments
Anonymous:
While this question could have piggybacked off the "mental illness" thread ... I am going to post it separately.
What do you know about ECT treatments? Have you ever had any personal experience with them? How about any professional experience?
I understand the heated debate about the existence/non-existence of mental illness and the whole pharmacological approach to treat or not treat ... but am curious about this approach to treat mental illness.
Thanks in advance for perspectives.
Anonymous:
I was in a psych hopistal once that seemed ECT happy, a few people in my "group:" got it done regularly. It was pretty funny/sad/pathetic depending on how you viewed it. They were doing it willingly, afterall, and were fully grown adults. It seemed to "work", they were all happy with it. I saw the room where they did it and layed down on it. It looks really benign, it's not like the movies or anything like that. The person goes in, then when they come out they are barely concious, with a stupid grin on their face, drooling, being escorted back to their room. They wake up the next day with no memory of it, and they get a "boost" in their mood. But the fucked up thing is it only lasts for a short time, so they are doing them couple times weekly. It's not for me. When I saw this thread it made me laugh, I have to admit it was kind of funny.
Truth Searcher:
Well it was not meant to be funny. For some people who have suffered with clinical depression, and who have not responded well to meds it is a measure of last resort.
When suicide is looming, individuals and their families will try just about anything to avoid an untimely death.
With that said I just wonder what kind of sadistic person would find this thread funny and laughable?
Geesh.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---With that said I just wonder what kind of sadistic person would find this thread funny and laughable?
--- End quote ---
Probably someone who finds quackery science offensive.
Anonymous:
ZAP!
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