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Posted by linkadge on October 6, 2002, at 12:53:02
There is a proceedure I saw on tv that
is supposed to be very effective in relieving
depression. It is by nature a last resort,
but I believe it should be available in the
States. They drill two holes in the back
of your head and make two tiny lesions in
some part of the brain. Supposidy, when
done properly has no side effects, and can
relieve depression in 70% of untreatable patients.Other things I wonder.
I read in a book that deep sleep was induced
in cats by stimulation of some part
of the brain by an electrode. When turned
off, the cat woke up. Why can't they install
these things in people. You have a little computer
and you punch in the time you want to get up, and
it performs. If only my sleeps cycles could be
that controllableLinkadge
Posted by Phil on October 6, 2002, at 13:29:06
In reply to Psycho Surgery for Depression., posted by linkadge on October 6, 2002, at 12:53:02
Right now in my life, I don't want any procedure that begins with-They drill two holes in your head. I'd have to know a person a long time to get to that trust level!
Posted by linkadge on October 6, 2002, at 20:15:36
In reply to Re: Psycho Surgery for Depression. » linkadge, posted by Phil on October 6, 2002, at 13:29:06
That's hilarious. I know it sounds
freaky, but they discribed it as he
had some area of the brain that
was causing overactive secretion of
cortisol. They burned it out, and
his cortisol dropped right off, to normal.
His depression w/o anxiety continued for a month
then slowly got better.Linkadge
Posted by Gracie2 on October 10, 2002, at 21:05:15
In reply to Psycho Surgery for Depression., posted by linkadge on October 6, 2002, at 12:53:02
This sounds too close to lobotomy and other procedures used to "treat" mental patients in past years - such as insulin shock, a procedure that has been thoroughly discredited in our time.
Even ECT sounds suspicious and old-fashioned to me, a really last-ditch effort. Surgical intervention is always a last resort.
-Gracie
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