If you are only 16 then it is very very wrong for your dr to suggest ECT.
I have had four courses of ECT. The first course i had 12 treatments, second course 14 treatments, and the third and fourth over 30 treatments each.
Yes it works but the reason i have had so many courses is cos the effects wear off. So say six weeks after your last shock you are right back to square one feeling exactly as you did prior to treatment. this is especially true if you do not respond to medication like i dont.
As for the memory loss it is terrible. As more time goes by i begin to realise how much of my memory has been affected. Their are so many gaps... when i was feeling better i didnt mind now that i feel terrible again i hate the fact that it has taken my memory from me.....
The procedure itself isnt scary tho. PM me if you want. There is heaps i would like to say but not on the forum....
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