Posted by emmanuel98 on October 14, 2011, at 19:18:34
In reply to Re: ECT advice, posted by jerseygal1 on October 14, 2011, at 13:56:24
I tried unilateral ECT which did nothing for me except leaving me with this constant sense that I was forgetting something important. I later tried bilateral ECT, which also did nothing for me except blow huge holes in my memory. I couldn't remember anything. My husband asked me to pick up something at the hardware store (that we go to all the time) and I asked him where it was located. When he told me the street it was on (a street I drive through every day) I asked him where that street was. It took a couple of months before my memory started to come back. My husband had to drive me places I used to go to all the time and show me how to get there. And the actual experience of bilateral ECT was nightmarish, waking up confused and sick from the anesthesia, remaining confused for the entire day.
I take parnate, which helps. But DBT has helped more than anything else.
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