I went through ECT on two separate occasions. I honestly wasn't aware of what I wasn't remembering until after it was all said and done. So for instance, we went to see a moving while I was going through ECT. I completely forgot about it, and it wasn't until reminded that I had seen the movie that it very vaguely came to my memory. It was mostly things like that, and I was largely oblivious to the memory issues during the actual treatment. So, take notes, and have someone who can help you navigate any memory things that do come up.

My husband had bilateral and had much bigger memory issues - even more of a confusion. We had to really watch him more during treatment. Mine was unilateral and the memory issues were basically what I described above. I probably could have worked on days I wasn't having treatment (but it was summer and I was off).

I never did maintenance treatments and never really needed them.