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Old Oct 12, 2013, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 1914sierra View Post
I have seen no one here who has been through ECT say there can be no major drawback to ECT. In fact, we tell people about the possible memory issues and to become as educated as possible about the treatment before making that decision.
I have seen discussions here of possible memory problems -- but never discussions of the kinds of things I brought up. It may be very uncomfortable to hear stories of such fears as I have had, or of observations of other people's frightened reactions to ECT -- that does not mean they aren't real for some people.
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