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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 > > [log in to unmask] > > 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 -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]