Posted by okydoky on July 29, 2008, at 14:28:51
In reply to Re: ECT cognitive side FX, posted by bleauberry on July 27, 2008, at 19:43:43
I have complained about my declining cognitive skills for a long time. I always wondered if they were ECT related. Here I see it as a possibility. I was an A+ student and fast tracked at college. But broke down and quit. I say this to provide a sense of where I came from. Cognitively I would be about a D student now. I don't know how to cope. Everything else most especially my depression I always had hope but with this I have none. Word retrieval is terrible as is short term memory among other things. I have a difficult time having intelligent conversations with intelligent people yet have little in common with people who have never attempted to sharpen their cognitive skills. I feel like there is no social stair for me to stand on.
I feel left behind as I can no longer keep up with and learn new skills. This has been in part due to years of not addressing depression I know. I had 6 bilateral treatments and several years later 12 unilateral ones. None of them helped and I was put on a large amount of tranquilizers for several years at a community mental health center where keeping everyone quite and non functioning was the name of the game. I have never recovered but it is unclear from what?
How to cope?
As you can tell I have a difficult time putting my thoughts into concise sentences. Sorry
oky
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