Posted by Sebastian on September 16, 2003, at 19:12:21
In reply to ECT treatments, posted by melodyll on September 16, 2003, at 16:49:25
It feels like the memories will never come back. It may take a few years for all the memories to come back. I had a lot of ECT about 6 years ago. At the time of treatment, I did not know anything, I was getting the max ECT posible, whatever that is every day or every third. The only things I remembered at the time was waking on a gurny and shoving needels in my arm. It was atleast a month probably more befor I could remember. Most of the time I just existed in a messed up state of mind. I couldn't realy understand (I was dilusional), a ciggarette looked like a crack pipe, I don't remember any conversations, I didn't even remember later on. It was very effective at erasing my psychotic mind, I was very sedate after these. Stayed that way for more than a year, by this time medications were starting to work, and I was getting far enough from the event. So they can be mind numbing, but they don't kill everything. I still remember things from befor ECT(some I shouldn't remember, for my own sanity). It did take a while(for me a long while) for everything to come back. Its 6 years later now and I still take lots of meds. So the important thing is your mind has not been erased or programed, just disabled temporarily. Not that I wasn't psychotic at all after treatment. I think I was reciving ECT for about a month. How many are you getting? You will be fine I have no troubles now, I just graduated college with a 3.96 and have a job. I can remember stuff from the past, but thats it its all in the past. ECT is prity scary though. I wouldn't try doing anything right after.
Seb
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