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HI Dale, 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 digest Dale Severance wrote: > > Hi Folks: > > One of my support group members was hospitalized 14 days for Electric Shock > treatment for his PD. The individual had substantial tremours, was depressed > and received little help from his sinemet. > > 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> > > Thanks. > > Dale Severance > Syracuse, NY > [log in to unmask] -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]