I haven't had it and I have heard mixed reports. Like meds, I am sure it is different for each person who has it. What I do know is that when i was inpatient, there was a doctor who did a medication ed group and the topic of ect came up. He said that it is just about the best way to get someone out of a serious episode. There was also a woman there who was inpatient because she was having treatments several times each weeks and she said that it made her feel much better.