I've had ECT twice. Just finished my second round of treatments, actually. Both times I was so far into depression that I was absolutely going to commit suicide if they didn't fix it. So my option was ECT or suicide. Both times it took a lot of bilateral treatments (15 and 21 respectively) to bring me out, but it saved my life. The first set lasted six years. I'm hoping for that again.

It did totally wreck my memory though. I lost memories from about six months back and am having trouble forming new memories. I mean to the point where I forgot how to get to work, where I'd been going every day for two years. And right now I feel like my cognitive functioning has been damaged - I just can't think and come up with creative ideas like I ised to be able to. I'm hoping thay will get better with time.

But it was worth it - otherwise I'd be dead.