He still hasn’t called me back. It’s been a week. I get that he’s busy but shouldn’t he have at least called back within a week? And I’m afraid he’ll be against it. I want it. I don’t know what else to do to try and improve my life. I’m at a loss.
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I also informed once with a pdoc about ECT. He said that it is mainly for depression and can impact your memory. He recommended rTMS to me, which I tried but what didn’t work.
I have a cousin who tried ECT for depression and who had a lot of memory issues afterwards.
It’s not without risks.
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I feel like I’m depressed but don’t even know if im diagnosed. all I know is im diagnosed schizophrenic. I know there r memory issues, but its mainly short term and I think its worth it, given my situation.
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Are you Mad? Good luck with the resulting memory loss - and confusion.
Sounds a bit extreme to me.
I’ve had close to a 100 ECT treatments over the course of 25 years. I wouldn’t go through them again if I could redo things. I’ve lost a big portion of my life because of memory loss and have terrible tremors in my left hand.
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My Dr was against ECT, he said its for depression and not sz.
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At some point it was brought up, but I refused. There are a lot of things to try, like other meds, theraphy, groups, CBT, etcetera. ECT is risky.
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Theres another one there doing research on called MST (magnetic seizure therapy)
Its a more closely targeted form of ect and supposedly doesnt have the memory loss side effects.
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