Are you a rapid-cycler? I think it differs for every individual. I had a full series in Summer '92 and I think I got chronic fatigue from it, ended up with the worst depression ever, ended up on SSDI, but I think it did slow my racing thoughts down about 15%. Last PDOC I had said that ECT benefits BP people more than it does Unipolar depressed people. I could never go thru it again I think.

I think it's suppose to relieve depression temporarily because it wipes your recent memory clean within a few treatments so you completely forget about what's troubling you. But you get your memory back after 30 days after treatment and can fall back into troubled thoughts, ruminating, worrying. I lost my short-term memory during ECT but fell back into worrying after treatment.