[kinoxi]

We can't fix em. Hey I know, let's just zap em with electricity...

[ConservativeStatement]

[evad]

..the most common side effect of ECT: memory disruption,..

Normally, only short term memory is affected.

Long term memory is left in tact.

[operation clinton cleanup]

But for a man I know who was suicidally depressed and given ECT as a last resort, it did nothing to relieve his depression but destroyed some of his long-term memory.

My Mom underwent ECT in the 1970's... she is 67 and acts like she is 16.

[EagleUSA]

Not only the ownership, but the entire editorial staff could use some major shock treatment....maybe enough to shock them back into being American citizens again.....yes, I know, were they ever???

[metmom]

But for a man I know who was suicidally depressed and given ECT as a last resort, it did nothing to relieve his depression but destroyed some of his long-term memory.

Something I've always wondered..... If you lose some of your memory, be it short or long, how do you know that you're not remembering something that you once knew. If you don't remember it, how can you know that you knew it and aren't remembering it?

[ArmstedFragg]

During pregnancy???

What's the effect on the fetus?

[P-40]

ECT always reminds me of the book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.' Good book.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

That's why I keep forgetting everything.

Including the treatments.