Re: Electric shock treatment.

["Charles T. Meyer" <cmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

A question is whether the personality change was from the ECT or was it
from the residual of the psychotic depression he was treated for??

Charlie

J. R. Bruman wrote:
>
> Charles T. Meyer wrote:
> > Electroconvulsive therapy is as you are probably aware primarily used in
> > severe depression.  It is the single most effective treatment for
> > depression and when medications don't work it is a Godsend.  Since it is
> > thought to work by causing release of neurotransmitters like dopamine it
> > can be used for PD too. It is supposed to work for some people.
> > > Charlie
> >
> > Dale Severance wrote:
> > > I have not seen anyone describing Shock treatment as a course of 
> > > treatment for PD. Has anyone else heard of or had shock treatment for PD>
> > >
> > CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D.
> > Middleton, WI
> > cmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I also have seen a recent article or two about ECT for PD. For a long
> time I thought ECT had fallen from favor because it is both painful and
> destructive. Many years ago, a close friend suffered what was then
> called a "breakdown" (severe manic-depressive psychosis) and was
> delivered to a private sanitarium where he promptly got ECT. On release
> the psychosis was gone, but so was his former bright, inquisitive
> personality. He emerged extremely quiet, submissive, and complaisant,
> the "don't make waves" type. He also reported that the treatment was
> painful, what he imagined an electrocution would feel like.
> Joe
>
> J. R. Bruman   (818) 789-3694
> 3527 Cody Road
> Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013

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CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D.
Middleton, WI
cmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx