I Have Had Ect Stories of Experiences

I'm so happy to have found this site. I have been battling major depression, anxiety, PTSD, & borderline personality disorder since I was 15. I am 31 yrs. old now. Life to me was not worth living anymore as of November of last year. I...

I am 17 and have had 6 ECT treatments so far, and they are working very well! I have not been so happy in so long, and it feels great to have real happiness again thanks to ECT, the only thing that sucks is some slight memory loss but...

Hi, I'm Lola. I'm a student and I've received 50 treatments since I started December 2011. I'm receiving maintenance ECT at once/month now. I had to take 2 years off from college but I'm finally back to majoring in psychology to someday...

Just thought how ironic the name shrink is. It's what they do to your brain. I've read a lot of shit about this and also about the so called profession. Shameful how it is the Pdoc's don't try to fix what's at the root of depression...

Hi all. Briefly, was hospitalised in 1970 after several scary experiments with lsd and cannabis. Received several ect treatments and released 1971. Unable to work for several years. Had follow up treatments with stellazine and disipal...

I've read through this forum on many occasions without posting.

It's very difficult for me. I don't want to take hope from anyone considering this treatment or, having had ECT.

All I can tell you is my experience, as the son of...

As a child, I was beaten and molested, stuttered, etc. As I see on most tv movies, this isn't the only thing I've been through. I use to pray to God to let me live until I was 18, as I thought I would be dead.

To make a very long story...

I was staying in Residential School as my parents was abroad.I was suffering with OCD since childhood (This was the disease I came to know two years back only).I dont know what happening to me? Even I couldnot know to express it my...

Have had approximately 60 ECTs over the past 12 years. 2 suicide attempts, many times tempted. Countless psychiatric hospital admissions, public and private. Tried multiple meds and now on Lithium, Lamictal, Pristiq and Seroquel. Good...

In Feburary of 2012 after my third suicide attempt since the age of 10, I landed myself in what I called the "looney-bin." I was inpatient for two weeks while the doctors figured out what to do with me. Diagnosed with severe depression...

In May 2012, I decided it was time to get well or die. I tried the easy way out. Three times. Wasn't very good at it, obviously. Admitted myself to a psychiatric hospital. The doctors kept me for 9 days (3 is typical) and decided I...

I woke up from my 2nd ECT treatment yesterday with no memory of who or where I was or what was going on. My entire body hurts....and I don't mean just some muscle soreness I mean extreme pain...it even hurts to swallow. My dr. says he's...

I am 42 now and after battling with conflicting diagnoses regarding my mental health. I have suffered since my teens but managed to cope with the use of illicit drugs. Things got bad when I sobered up at age 18. I sought mental health...

I was diagnosed Bi-Polar/ anxiety over 15 years ago. I have been on every medication known to man to help. ECT was my absolute last resort. My mental illness almost destroyed my marriage, and I have spent the last year in and out of...

I am bi-polar with anxiety disorder. I have been through 40 years of counseling, therapy and medications. I have had 5 ECT treatments so far. I find that I am very moody. I cry too easily. I get frustrated quickly. I can't remember...

i have had ect. many times in fact. they have used 2 different kinds of machines over the years. the latest one is a lot easier on me. it doesn't hurt so much afterward like it used to. i can honestly say it has helped me. but the...

Well, it took several years, several medications, four hospitalizations, and a doctor approached me about ECT. I liked what my Dr had to say, so I signed and agreed to treatment. I had a series of six treatments while I was inpatient...

I went through a series of ECT's when I was in the hospital for the second time about six years ago. I had no idea what ECT was until the doctors showed me a video on it. Medication wasn't helping, so I was willing to try anything. I...

I have not had ECT myself but a close friend has and that got me interested in the whole treatment. I am now making a series of portraits of people who have undergone ECT, if you have had ECT and are interested in sitting for me please...

I've been doing ECT for over 2 years now.  I started off with a series of 5 and then did maintenance treatments every 2 to 6 weeks.....My last 5 sessions have been spaced out over a 6 week periods.  Although ECT has helped my...