I get regular maintenance ECT treatments for my depression, and have been for quite some time. I tend to cope with my pre-treatment anxiety with humor, so one time I brought a Pikachu sticker to see if they’d let me out it somewhere on the ECT cart.
P.S. If anyone’s curious about a patient perspective on ECT I’m open to questions.
My wife had several ECT treatments over the last few years and is now a completely different person. Depression is alleviated, but we both agree that cognitively she’s worse off than she was before.
Fuck that shit.
Also ECT can be used to medically abuse some people like me who knew I didn’t needs any meds or stuff that forcefully modify me I just needed to not be isolated or for someone to care for me and give me hope and reason to live.
Also has made me unhealthily obsess with torture revenge so yea Fuck that shit.
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Electro Convulsive Therapy - they literally shock your brain at high voltages for 10-15 minutes a few times per session.
In my opinion, its extremely under-studied and over prescribed. It should be a completely last ditch attempt extreme cases of treatment resistant depression.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/electroconvulsive-therapy/about/pac-20393894
Small electrical currents passed through your brain while under anesthesia.
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Lightning attacks
I’ve found in my experience that having even just small amounts of engagement like this from health professionals really helps me feel more at ease and comfortable with whatever’s happening. I wish you the best, and I hope the ECT isn’t too bad!
Why ECT and not TMS?
I had a choice between trying TMS first with ECT as a backup, or going straight to ECT. I chose to skip TMS and go straight for the ECT because how severe my situation was at the time, how long it had been going on, and the research I was able to find on how effective each was for my kind of depression.
Seems like the side effects are pretty serious. Though, guess you’ve weighed them against the benefits and found it worth it.
