My last treatment was August 28th.

Aside from in the beginning, ECT hasn't done much to me. Before ECT, I'd stopped eating and drinking and didn't do anything except stare into space. After 5 treatments or so, I started drinking again, then eating. Because I'd shown improvement in that area, the doctors wanted to keep on trying in hopes of it also improving my mood.
I take medications, an antidepressant, an antipsychotic and one that's a little bit of both (abilify). They have never done anything, but my pdoc was afraid I'd get worse if I quit them. So I kept taking them. Then I had a second opinion at a university hospital and they advised me to quit my meds, as they weren't working and the side effects could actually be causing part of the depression. So now I'm weaning off them real slowly - a 25% decrease per 3 or 4 weeks. I've been weaning off olanzapine and imipramine since July and I think I'll be finished with the olanzapine in January/February and the imipramine in April, or maybe May, depending on my pdoc. And then I still have to wean off abilify.

But a couple of weeks ago I suddenly was so happy and energized my parents thought I was manic. From the next day on, I've been feeling OKish. Mildly depressed instead of very severely.