Sorry you feel so bad. The short-term memory problems are only supposed to last while you're having it and end a month after last treatment. That's exactly what happened to me. My short-term memory came back exactly 30 days after I had ECT (x16) during entire Summer '92 (as in-patient). I had mine done in Philadelphia at prestigious Institute (Pennsylvania Hospital) by semi-retired PDOC who specialized in ECT. (It was weird. Every day I could not remember how to get to the dining room even though I had been in that hospital before.)

It dropped me to my very lowest point and I went on SSDI after that. (I think I got chronic fatigue in the hospital and my arms and legs felt like lead; trouble shaving, showering..)

I had a nervous breakdown and I think ECT slowed my racing thoughts down about 15%. (After ECT I realized that I had really been racing hard when I first entered the hospital.) A PDOC told me that ECT benefits bipolar patients more than it does unipolar depressed patients. I don't think I could do it again.