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ECT, a place for Terryeo to vent

Posted 27 months ago|7 comments|578 views

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Mark Tomles
FPO, AE

Terryeo, in other threads, has stated quite clearly that he opposes the psychiatric use of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Unfortunately, there has not yet been a thread dedicated to that concept, so it frequently results in off-topic posts.

This thread exists to allow terryeo to post on-topic, and fully explore the technology, if he is so inclined.

It is maintained, by this author, that thousands of pages, and millions of man-hours, have gone into researching this technology, and information is available to potential recipients.

As with any medical procedure, it is recommended that a patient does not simply trust their doctor's advice and information, and check the research for themselves before consenting to any treatment.

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Mark Tomles
FPO, AE

27 months ago: What an interseting idea! If only you could make a small, even portable version... something that would "taze" the bad thoughts out of people. Oh well, we can dream, can't we?

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Mark Tomles
FPO, AE

27 months ago: It's brilliant! but before you say too much more, you might want to patent your idea- this is a public site, after all.

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Mark Tomles
FPO, AE

27 months ago: That's fascinating. Have you seen it to be effective?

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Mark Tomles
FPO, AE

27 months ago: That's fascinating. I was particularly interested in noting that it had received FDA approval for depression and epilepsy, and that it shows promise for the treatment of Alzheimers.

It's amazing where the medical sciences are heading. The brain, of course, is dependent on electrical stimulation, so selective manual stimulation will eventually have very predictable effects.

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Altruist
Eugene, OR

27 months ago: If you are serious I would like to see more research on direct electrical stimulation of various parts of the brain. There is evidence that it can help people with Parkinson, epilepsy and drug addiction. Cochlear implants can send a signal from a microphone and directly stimulate the brain to simulate hearing and electrical signals from light sensors can directly stimulate the brain so the blind can "see".
The old electroconvulsive therapy is like doing brain surgery with a chain saw. It might have accidentally helped some folk with depression, epilepsy, and Alzheimers, but smaller voltages targeted to specific areas should be more effective and selective so you don't fry the parts that are working OK.

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Mark Tomles
FPO, AE

27 months ago: Unfortunately, much of the information, such as the elements that you brought up, were removed when gregoire left. Essentially, you're right, that there are better methods that exist today.

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Frederick
Canada

27 months ago: I think you have a good idea here. I hope Terryeo takes advantage of it.

People don't seem to be going to rantrave to rant or (less often)to rave about Scientology and parallel topics, as much as they used to. There are fewer hits on the short essays and fewer comments than there were six months ago. Terryeo, I image, has found other places on the internet to put forth his view of the cult of Scientology, as have I.

Whatever the case, here is hoping for a resurgence. I do like this site though and have used it to comment on a variety of other issues. I think the site is very valuable for hosting opinions.

I hope you consider this on topic, since the essay is not only about ECT but about Terryeo and his contributions.

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