I went through ECT a few years ago and after 37 sessions refused the final 3 of the 40 total due to similar concerns with cognition, memory, nominal aphasia (forgetting certain words temporarily). That being said I now feel I was overreacting when I stopped treatment. The memories that I lost of the time around the treatment have essentially returned and although some memories from the few years preceding the treatment are gone this is more likely due to the fact that memory deficits are a common problem with major depression.
All that being said the year following ECT treatment i returned to university and am doing well. My point is that although the effects of ECT are disconcerting it is still, statistically, the most effective treatment for major depression that there is and that you, as has been said above, need to give your body and mind time to recover.
Finally you should be speaking to a doctor about these issues and not asking Veeky Forums.
Isaac Watson
dont be silly. ect is considered relatively efficacious and its thought we know about the neural mechanism behind it.
can you fuck off. replication isnt just in psychology.
this is a thread about some guys problems, its not about you trying to delegitimise psychology so please try to stay relevant or fuck off.
Jason Brown
says someone who probably doesnt even read psychology literature let alone about ect.
Nolan Young
What electrode placement did they use for you, user? Mine was bitemporal, so now I can take a razor through my forehead and not feel much pain because of the fried cranial nerves. It's now also harder to focus my vision and I keep having tension/pressure sensations in my head. Did you notice that too?
Christopher Reed
*bifrontal
shit i wish they actually gave me bitemporal.
Ryder Morgan
i dont think either have been shown to be consistently better than the other. especially not in terms of side effects. u were just unlucky.
Sebastian Carter
So hey guys they're actually offering me more ECT now to treat my depression. I can start next week and do 6-12 more sessions.
Is there any chance it could paradoxically undo all the damage previously done to my brain?
Austin Wilson
i dont think so. youll have to do other stuff and/or get drugs. are you depressed right now?
Lincoln Myers
Yeah just make yourself fully mentally retarded, that will probably cure your depression. You won't be unhappy when you can't remember where you shit last.
Hudson Morgan
I'm interested if this actually holds any validity.
