nutters, congratulations That is great news about the job.

You are correct that ECT is not a first tier strategy but is used in case other methods fail. The new single sided ECT I have heard allows one side of the brain to retrain the other side memories. From a friends experience memories of much info is there but access time can be delayed. Traumatic experiences may not be recalled.

For less side affects TMS is a better choice first time around according to articles at psychcentral.com