Did anyone get the license number of that bus...?
Today was a really bad “day after”, worse than most. I don’t know if I’m just becoming not used to the treatments now, or if this was just a rough one, but it was a tough one on the day of treatment (headache, nausea), and the day after sucked too. My jaw was still sore, and my neck hurt like I had whiplash. Then, all day, I was just sort of half-conscious. Not really bad “mood”, but just whipped out physically.
posted by DeMental at 5:22 PM
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How's your longer-term memory, mike? Do you remember junior high? college? details about your friends? I am curious about what's lost, if anything. There are so many rumors about what happens to people who have ECT that I thought I'd ask one! :-)
Mel: the only thing effected that I have noticed is my short term memory. I still have everything long term. Short term, I can tell where the holes are. I can't remember how to get places, I can't come up with words, and keeping as list of anything in my head is just impossible. I carry a little notebook (titled "My Brain") and pen in my pocket, and write down everything I need to remember. That seems to work just fine. And as treatments get spaced further apart, the memory issue seems to be lessening. All-in-all, I would recommend ECT to anyone who has tried meds and not found much success. Its scary at first, but it works, no question.
It works, you write. But for how long? Will you undergo maintenancy ECT for the rest of your life?
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