@jeroenp …Arrre you Trying it… Seems Good…
I hope I will never have to undergo this malpractise ECT treatment not even for negative symptoms, bleh
I would be tempted to give this a go if it were not for the serious issue of retrograde amnesia.
I’ll never have ECT. It scares the hell out of me.
It’s like a bad Frankenstein movie.
Pretty sure that it cannot be more debilitating than high doses of the old style APs I was on. Those were freakin’ horrible. At least ECT doesn’t cause weight gain and give you diabetes.
indeed @Jonathan2 it’s barbaric like Frankenstein and it gives you memory loss permanent, how can this be good and well fo you?
Anesthesia + electricity = me scared
Pills = I just pop no questions asked
I did reduce clozapine after a couple of years of sleeping 16 hours a day.
My cousin had ECT for depression and he didn’t remember ■■■■. Scary!
Not doing it even if it does improve negative symptoms. It worsens cognition.
So do most of the APs at the higher doses. This is why I tolerate some positive symptoms on the lowest possible dose. I would not be able to work if I was on my old dose of Olanzapine. Would make a great door stop, though.
ECT does even more. @GrayBear had ECT and he said it wiped his memory and now he has bad working memory.
Too bad it’s not selective. Would be happy not to remember anything before age eleven.
Edit: Or the GF from hell. Her name was Karen, ironically enough. Massive beyotch.
My 1st Set of ECT I’ve always said wiped out almost all I’d been studying for A levels. Subsequent sets of it though didn’t have the same effect. If it worsened cognition I don’t think it did so for very long.
Test normed by a psychometrician this year. Says 1st attempt, but is a 2nd attempt. 1st attempt was 3 points less.
That requiem for a dream scene comes to mind. No i would never even consider doing this to myself. That is sick that we even consider it
when i first got sick in 2003 symptoms had been rough since late 90’s with several hospitalizations all the pdocs fought over what my dx was bp sz sza paranoia copd ptsd really everything
i was extremely suicidal and out of my ability to make decisions
the doctors told me they would release me from the hospital if i signed up for experimental high dose ect
so i signed it cause i didnt understand side effects
my mother flipped when she found out but the doc said i was 21 there for i had the right to make the decision
it was horrible 26 sessions in less than 2 months
killed my memory they burnt my head once and forgot to put me under once
I’ve heard it helps some but just know there are side effects