Thread: ECT for Xmas
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Old Dec 22, 2005, 10:12 AM
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I've not had it, Kathy, but like you am considering it. Talked to my GP about it - he used to administer it on the psychiatric ward at our local hospital. He said the main drawback is that there is usually some short term memory loss as a result - he said a couple of months or so. A friend of mine recently had it - it helped her depression immensely but she too had memory loss. the other drawback for me is that it would mean my being off work for a month or so.

Caroline