There has been quite a lot of research actually since the late 80's, mostly in the North East. There are lots of books about it. The Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye book "Shock" is very informative. And actually now doctors are very open about the fact there will be memory loss and that they're not sure how much there will be and that there are techniques such as placing the electrodes on the same side of the head to minimize memory loss.
Did your electroshock take place quite a long time ago? I'm so sorry that your experience was so negative for you. It must have been devastating.
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Originally Posted by fishsandwich
I had ECT, a course of 25 shocks over a nine-month period. It was done against my will. It didn't help, but because it was non-consensual I didn't have much choice in the matter.
For me, the memory loss kicked in after about the tenth shock. I woke up from the anaesthesia and all my memories of the four-five previous years were completely gone. There isn't much research into memory loss and ECT (most docs will deny it causes any) so I don't know if it's a case of 'one shock gone wrong' or some culminative effect.
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