Jeff@lemmy.worldtoMental Health@lemmy.world•The nurse let me put a Pikachu sticker on the ECT equipment bin. I think it brings a little humor to the PACU
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1 year agoMy wife had several ECT treatments over the last few years and is now a completely different person. Depression is alleviated, but we both agree that cognitively she’s worse off than she was before.
Fuck that shit.
Electro Convulsive Therapy - they literally shock your brain at high voltages for 10-15 minutes a few times per session.
In my opinion, its extremely under-studied and over prescribed. It should be a completely last ditch attempt extreme cases of treatment resistant depression.