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leslie44922
leslie44922

AFTER MY MENTAL BREAKDOWN 30 YEARS AGO HOSPITALISATION ANTI DEPRESSENTS AND SHOCK TREATMENT I HAVE SUFFERED A LIFE ONLY COMPARIABLE TO HELL. 

MY QUESTION IS CAN THE DAMAGE TO MY BRAIN CAUSED BY SHOCK BE REPAIRED OR REVERSED ?

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  • frank68910
    frank68910 leslie44922

    Posted

    as far as I know it is not permanent unless they did a lobotomy
    • leslie44922
      leslie44922 frank68910

      Posted

      frank without going into much detail but i feel like  g a d makes you feel all the time how depression makes you feel and i am still suffering from the affects of shock treatment which i have read can damage brain cells so i just want to know if anyone can prove they have brain damage through a cat scan mri is there any treatments to repair them ?
    • ciderguy
      ciderguy leslie44922

      Posted

      Leslie,

      Sorry to jump into your discussion with Frank, but when you wrote about  "depression" and "shock treatment," I assumed that you meant electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

      Are you writing about ECT (which was once call "electroshock therapy") or CAT scans (more commonly just called CT scans – computerized tomography) or MRI's (magnetic resonance imaging)?

      CT scans are basically a series of X-rays and MRI images are created using magnetic fields and radio frequencies. As I can't have MRI's due to a pacemaker implant, I don't know much about them. And since I can't have MRI's, I tend to have more CT's than most people.

      Can you clear that up for me? Whether you're writing of ECT, MRI's or CT's? Or a combination of all? I just don't know of anything about ECT damaging brain cells – or at least not too badly!

      Also wonder what you mean by "...g a d makes you feel all the time how depression makes you feel..."? Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

      I hope that I can help some... we seems to have many of the same disorders.

  • ciderguy
    ciderguy leslie44922

    Posted

    I've had more ECT sessions than should be legally allowed, but the only "damage" that I had were problems with memory. That was 15-16 years ago and even though I'm in the midst of a severe depressive relapse right now, it's not because of ECT.

    I haven't known anyone to have any permanent brain damage, except for memory problems, due to ECT. Have you consulted with an M.D. psychiatrist or a neurologist, maybe? They should, at the least, be able to help you to discern between 30-year-old damage or a more recent relapse. Good luck.

    • leslie44922
      leslie44922 ciderguy

      Posted

      thank you for your response cider guy.  yes i am always depressed but suffering with ocd and g a d. but the shock treatment as definitely done damage to my brain cells which is how works apparently. if you ask google if ect does damage or not i think u will be in for a shock ! i guess its use now as been banned ? to late for me.
    • leslie44922
      leslie44922

      Posted

      ect i have had not cat scan but this is what i think i need now to show the damage.
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