Posted by gilmourr on January 14, 2013, at 23:13:13
In reply to Re: Anyone know people that have had ECT?, posted by baseball55 on January 14, 2013, at 20:34:15
> I did both unilateral and bilateral ECT. Neither helped one iota. Both were incredibly stressful experiences, completely unpleasant, waking up sick and confused and staying that way for hours. With bilateral, I lost my memory of lots of small but important things. It came back after a couple of months, but the things that happened while I was undergoing the ECT (over three weeks), I have no memory of at all.
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> Kitty is a former neighbor of mine and I know she really believes in ECT and benefits from it. But I would try every pill under the sun before I would try ECT.Yep this sounds like what I've heard. Memory issues are short term but come back for the majority or like 95% of people. Its just the treatments where you won't have any memory of basically.
I wouldn't do bilateral, only unilateral or magnetic seizure therapy.
After 12 meds and different combos I'm tired of trying meds. I'm 22 and I want my life back. Not willing to play with meds for the next 10 years if an option can save my life
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