Yes, I was also a lonh term depressive diagnosed with treatment resistent depression. All I am trying to say is that ECT can be helpful but despite what pdocs and others may say, there is also a chance that it can make some matters worse. Mine was slight temporary relief but the cost was loss of memory. I cannot remember college, grad school, the birth of my 5 children and their childhoods through high school, or the deaths of my parents a week apart. I also lost short term memory. Someone can look me in the eye and tell me something and 10 minutes later I do not even remember that they were in the house let alone remember what they said. I will never undergo ECT again. But I am not saying that it did not work for you.

All I ask is that people make highly informed decisions and realize what they may lose. It is impossibly difficult to admit to my children that I do not remember Disney World, camping in the Black Hills, their First Communions and graduations. The look on their faces when this happens breaks my heart.

Good luck Squiggles.

Peace,
Nobody