Posted by rz on December 1, 2009, at 9:21:54
In reply to Re: ECT or wait in hell? PLEASE HELP ME, posted by alchemy on November 30, 2009, at 23:00:29
ECT was a nightmare for me. I had been in the hospital for my depression and the doctors pushed and pushed for me to have ECT. I finally gave in (although I don't think I should have been making such big decisions in my deep state of depression).They made it sound like it was going to be a "miracle" solution for me. Not the case. ECT made my depression worse. I would come out of each treatment sobbing and angry with a huge headache wondering where I was. They kept increasing the signals and went from uni-lateral to bi-lateral. I stopped after 5 or 6 treatments. It just made things worse. The memory loss was horrible even months after the treatment. I didn't really realize it until I saw pictures from a cousin's wedding I had been to a month or two after ECT. I was at that wedding but didn't remember any of it even seeing the pictures. It's been over a year now since ECT but I think it has permanently messed with my short term memory. I now have to constantly write stuff down or I will forget it (never used to be that way).
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