Anyone who has had ECT...

Umm no it had 25 now 26 comments.

Since the year before last, I had over 50, both bi lateral, and unilateral ultra brief. Very little memory loss. No problems with anesthesia except when they used ketamine. It saved my life.

Hi, I thought I might have some insight on this topic. Up until about a year ago, I took my sister to her ECT appointments for 20 years. For a while she had maintenance ECT every 3 weeks. She's been talking with me lately about going again, though of course she doesn't really want to.

As others here have noted, it's different for everyone. In my opinion, if you are dealing with severe depression that is resistant to other forms of treatment, ECT would be worth a try. It does mess with your memory, it is scary and there are some side effects that linger afterwards...But there is some degree of relief from the pain of depression.

The day of her treatments, my sister would be confused (especially on very recent happenings), she would be slow in her movements, her head would often hurt (they were able to mitigate that by adding meds or caffeine to her IV), she would often be a little nauseous, her depth perception was off and she was scared when she'd get home...not sure why but I made it better by going in and staying until she relaxed when we got to her home.

You're right...everyone reacts differently and I'm sure every hospital has different methods.
Where I go, they give me anti nausea meds in my IV and are very supportive and kind so I feel safe.