u/Bittybot5000

Like the title says, I'm going through electric shock therapy (ECT) and it's not working. It works for 70-90% of people who try it, and it's not working for me. I finished the acute series with no effect, so they're tapering me off slowly to try and get any benefit at all.

I've tried over 30 meds, TMS, Ketamine, ECT, and therapy -- and I failed all of them. There's nothing left for me to try.

I feel so broken.

Maybe you can cheer me up by covering my wall with cards. Because a handwritten card does more than any pill could do.

Thanks, everyone!

Because I was under the impression ECT WAS the last resort. But if it didn’t work for me where do I go next? I’ve already done TMS and Ketamine. Are there any other treatments to look into?

I have A LOT of mental illness, and am currently undergoing ECT (electric shock therapy) because it’s so bad.
You came up to help me navigate some of my ECT appts, but then you told my dr I need to be in rehab and that I shouldn’t be allowed to make medical decisions for myself.

SO OFFENSIVE!!!

Do you know ANYONE with bipolar and/or schizophrenia who is not on meds??? What makes you think I need to get off my meds, when drs clearly keep putting me on them? And how does that make me a drug addict?

Inform yourself. Because you’re just making things worse.

I’m going through electro convulsive shock therapy and you came up to help out, but outside of appointments and rides to/from I don’t see you. Would it be so hard to have dinner with your daughter? I don’t know how to explain that I need you for more then just that.

Last year my psych that prescribed my Ketamine sent me to the psych ward and in doing so, rid herself of my care. So when I got out of the hospital 2 weeks later she wouldn’t answer my calls or even refer me to someone new. I’ve been without Ketamine ever since and it’s forced me into ECT, which I am now undergoing and is much more invasive.

I’m just bitching. Ketamine really helped me and now I can’t get it. My new psych’s diagnosis is Schizoaffective, so no one wants to prescribe it anymore. I guess I’ll electrocute my brain instead.

Pretty much that. I’m about to have my last session of week 1. I’m a complete mess. I’m terrified and end up lashing out at the nurses. Last time they sat me down and told me I was a “hostile patient” and I needed to calm tf down or leave.
I chose to continue treatment, but it’s so hard to remain calm in such a stressful environment.
I hope I see some improvement soon.