Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

have you or somebody you know had ect? how has is improved or detrimented your/their life?

 

Yes, a few years ago I was in a therapy group and one of the members had had ECT. She found it helpful for her severe depression (which was not responding to medication). Her only complaint about ECT was the loss of some memories. Fortunately, the ECT of today is nothing like the ECT that, for example, Sylvia Plath experienced and wrote about.

 

im wonder if the ect of today is like that from one flew over the cuckoos nest, well anyway, wen i was in the hospital the girl in the room across the hall got ECT a few times, she said it helped with depression

 

I would probable elect zapping myself in the leg with a stun gun If I became that depressed...

 

So wat yer saying is cops r stun gunning ppl for their mental health? I like where this is going

 

I think James Taylor, the folk singer had that when he was being treated for depression. I think it's an outdated and innefeective technique.

 

Im inclined to agree with tzv but i still want to try it

 

:smilielol5:..

 

Naw I wouldnt do it. But i'm a wimp