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Charles T. Meyer wrote: > > 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 Without professional training I can't say for sure but I think the former. Going in I saw only the manic phase- a bizarre exaggeration of his normally lively persona (24 hours of close contact with this was exhausting for me too). Coming out was like what I had heard about lobotomy patients- not so much sad as dull, subdued, unres- ponsive, slurred speech. After ECT I didn't see him for some time (I forget how long he was confined) so I have no direct knowledge of the immediate aftermath. Now (40 or so yr later) my friend is well, except for a slight stammer and slower speech, pretty much as I recall before the episode, although I have no clinical data to back that opinion. Regards, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013