Did you have or a family member have electric shock therapy?

Answer 1

yes. thanks for your input. my mother had extensive est in the sixties. and then i did in the seventies. turns out we were both bi-polar and it helped the manic frequency for a few years but it returned in each case. her main complaint were memory problems that frustrated her. she is still alive and now is in the early stages of alzheimer's. frankly, i keep it a secret but i suspect that it is happening to me. you indicated you wanted a response and that was it. thanks. it has contributed to many years of misery for so many in our family. and i would like to say alzheimer's is unheard of in our looking far and wide. did est contribute? nobody knows. it became overused, i am sure of that. doctors are like that -- sheeple, too.

Answer 2

Yes. A family member i lived with had shock treatments many times. Several of those times, she got shock treatments when they were no longer the "acceptable" treatment.
This family member knew when she was very sick and asked her psychiatrist for them. She was not afraid of them at all.
Going way back, I remember this family member in a straight-jacket, but as time passed, modern medicine made so many advances that restraints were no longer used. I remember the black and blue marks on her arms and ankles resulting from the electro shock therapy.
I remember that she would be brand new person after the therapy and a short rehabilitation. The last time she got shock treatments, she was up and walking around the same day as the treatments, and when she told me that, I asked the nurse if it were true...sure enough.
Remember that this was a very troubled person, but who would get so sick that she requested the treatment because of the fantastic results.
There are many stories I could relate, and would be glad to tell. I don't know exactly what you want to know. Any more info, please ask.

Answer 3

Yes and they were the most degrading horrible experience that should be against the law. Long term memory loss, not just short term. After the in patient of 3-5 times weekly they set you up for "maintenance ECT, so that the effect so-called help did not stop. This just goes to show that the mental disorders are out there for someone with a cure for just about anything-bringing in the big payrolls to live a life that they are so accustommed to. The procedure is somewhat different but the fear and the dehumilization of the patient is and always be there. It reminds me of something that Hitler would get off on. Granted that are some that this procedure is the only thing left that will help. But consider all of the other options first.

Answer 4

i just recently found out my GG did. i was really surprised because she doesn't seem crazy. but apparently (for reasons unknown) she had a nervous breakdown in the early 40's and the people came and took her from her house. While in the "loony bin" for a duration of a couple of months she had electro shock therapy. i have been interested in asking her more about her experience but am kind of afraid too because i dont want to upset her. She is my GG and she is kind of old, it would just seem kind of mean and selfish to ask her about it.

Answer 5

I had 8 sessioms of ECT earlier this year for severe depression. Along with the medication and being in hospital for 4 months. As part of a combined programme I believe it helped in my recovery.

The side effects being short-medium term memory loss, which sounds severe but when you consider how bad you feel when depressed, its not such a bad thing to forget.

Certainly in the hospital I was in, it was carried out professionally and wth compassion. Before people call for it to be banned they should see the results for themselves. As the saying goes, before you make up your mind, open it!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I watched a patient have this when I was a young student. Very scary indeed to witness but she willing came back for more every few months cos she felt it helped. Lots of staff questioned it's effectiveness...

Answer 8

I was under the impression this form of therapy was abandoned and exchanged for drug use instead, along about 1960 or something. Maybe they are bi-polar or better known as manic-depressive and drugs can control this. Cheers :)

Answer 9

I knew someone whose mother had had electroshock therapy for severe depression. She said it was the only thing that seemed to get her mother out of her depressive episodes.

Answer 10

My mother did before I was born. But she doesn't like to talk about it all that much. As a matter of fact she only metioned about it twice to me. Something about going through a hard time with her first husband?

Answer 11

Yes, in the 70's. it didn't do any good tho she was just left with big memory gaps around that time. She worked her way through a very tough time on her own.