Posted by baseball55 on July 7, 2013, at 20:07:09
In reply to ECT Opinions Please-A really Bad idea?!?, posted by BrainDamage on July 7, 2013, at 8:42:42
I have had both bilateral and unilateral ECT for severe suidicality and a suicide attempt. I didn't get any benefit at all from either and the process is horrible. Thrice a week general anathema, waking up confused and disoriented, feeling sick and tired most of the day. With bilateral ECT, it took about a month for my memory to come back. I couldn't even remember names of friends and neighbors.
I know it works for some people. Kitty Dukakis was a neighbor of mine and she still does monthly maintenance treatment and swears by it. But for me it did nothing but make me sick.
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