[wildflowerchild25]

So by now I have had about 17 bilateral ECTs. I am doing miles better than I was. I'm hovering between a five and seven on the mood scale, which is great because I want to be at a six (baseline for me). Yes, I've been going slightly hypomanic, having racing thoughts and being unable to sleep and being irritable, but I'm trying to work on that with my pdocs.

But I'm dealing with the same thing I dealt with last time, which is terrible memory and cognition issues. I can't remember anyone's name in my partial program no matter how many times I meet them. I'm forgetting how to get places I've been driving to for years, which means I can't follow directions because I can't remember how to get to certain streets. I can't remember things that have happened or things my husband has said to me. It's frustrating me to be forgetting all this stuff. It's embarrassing too. My husband will look at me astonished and say "you really don't remember that?"

I know this is all part of the price to pay but it sucks. Does anyone know of any supplements that are supposed to help with memory and cognition? My husband suggested vitamin b12 but I haven't bought it yet. Is there anything else I can do to try to improve brain function? I have four more ECTs to go before I'm done.

Btw my doctor today insisted that I move from the mental health track to the DBT track even though I hated DBT the last time I took it. I'm pretty mad at her now. I'm already bored to tears in DBT. Ugh.

[~Christina]

Im glad that your getting some good results from the ECT , flip side is your dealing with memory issues... I am so sorry. I don't know if something like this could help , but with memory loss from dementia ,occupational therapist are put in place with particular teaching/training/mental exercises to help build up the memory areas of the brain. Maybe that could be an option to try, couldn't hurt.

I'm sorry your hubby can't avoid making those kinda responses, it's only going to make you feel worse.