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Originally Posted by 1914sierra
No one said it was, but you are talking of one experience of what was happening to one person. I have personally been through this twice, my husband once, a good friend of mine once, not to mention the number of patients have had the pleasure of knowing over the years who were also going through ECT. You talk about changing peoples thoughts and purposefully wiping out peoples' memories and replacing them. That is so far from what happens that it is honestly irresponsible to spread that kind of misinformation.
Yes, many patients experience temporary short term memory loss. A small percentage experience longer term memory loss. But replacing thoughts with other thoughts? No, that does not happen.
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I think you underestimate what happens with some forms of treatment. And what I said was that the reason I react to ECT the way I do is that I connect it with what happened to me as a child. I did not say that ECT by itself replaces thoughts. I do think that it could result in that, though, if a person thought that were its intent.
BTW, I can relate another experience of being in a hospital where shock treatments were the norm. Another person who was obviously terrified, and sobbing in the night. Actually, without really examining me, the doctor there "offered" me such treatment. Because of my childhood, I suspected I could not refuse. When I said no, and they did not give me the treatments anyway, I was surprised.
I think it is irresponsible to suggest that there can be no major drawbacks to ECT. I was trying to suggest that it might be a bad option for a certain class of patients.