[QUOTE=dragonfly2;2163244]As controversial as it sometimes can be, ECT can be a very effective treatment option for people who aren't responding to antidepressants. It can bring you out of the depression fairly quickly and then either be used as maintenance therapy or medication can be used to continue to treat the depression, along with therapy......

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i did ect. during my lows, i was having ect 3 times a week. there were 2 times that something went wrong and it caused me ptsd - yet i still kept going anyways, praying it would finally work like the doctors hoped. i finally got the nerve up and said "no mor ect". eventually, the psychiatrst tried an maoi - that helped for a few years - enough time for me to get my masters in social work and meet and marry the man of my dreams. he tries to be there for me, but doesn't really get it. i try to hide how bad it really is - from everyone. myself included. when busy at work or doing things with my husband, i tell myself that i'm ok. during my long drives every day, or in therapy - i break down (it makes for real safe driving). i have been real depressed for over a year now, up and down a bit, but very low now. i don't know what to do any more...