Electro Convulsive Therapy for depression?

[ElliotHarrison]

I have memory loss too.

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What kind of memory loss have you experienced, if you don't mind me asking?
I've only experienced memory loss a few times since I've been doing ECT. The first time I was driving to school and I just completely forgot how to get there even though I had been driving there 5 days a week, every week for four years. That was pretty scary but I just used the GPS on my phone to find my way. The other few times I've just forgotten conversations or experiences I've had with my friends but they always catch me up on what I'm missing .


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[Wednesday]

I'm feeling a bit better since the past few days. I guess, the ECT and r-TMS worked.
I talked about hrt with my parents.
I am overweight, and it seems I can't start hrt till I reduce my weight.
So I have a very long wait.

I hope you're doing well and feeling better everyday. I wish you the best possible outcome. Don't stop pushing! It's really worth it, and you really deserve it.

Cheer up!

[SadieBlake]

I'm feeling a bit better since the past few days. I guess, the ECT and r-TMS worked.
I talked about hrt with my parents.
       I am overweight, and it seems I can't start hrt till I reduce my weight.
      So I have a very long wait.

Saira, what's your height and weight? That sounds like pure gatekeeping, you can use either patches or injections to obviate any concerns about estrogen and weight. Also BMI is an improper measure of body fat for taller people, I seem to remember you're quite tall.

[Drexy/Drex]

Ect was invented  in the 1930s, it is well know for the side effects  of loss of memory amongst other things
Recently  the American psychiatric assoc has been lobbying the fda for Ect to be reclassified from the the most dangerous category to a lower one so that it can be used on children  under 16.
Naturally  they will espouse  it's supposed  benefits but I doubt  there aĺre  any
Dena's  comment about  a witch doctor is true.....
Me myself I take a low dose of sertraline (zolof)  the initial  side effects were annoying  but now it's good
I wouldn't  recommend  pyschiatric drugs to anyone though but used correctly  they can give you some breathing _space better while  you dig your  way out
Anyway  good luck but please  don't let them Ect you it's primitive.....

[Saira128]

What kind of memory loss have you experienced, if you don't mind me asking?
I've only experienced memory loss a few times since I've been doing ECT. The first time I was driving to school and I just completely forgot how to get there even though I had been driving there 5 days a week, every week for four years. That was pretty scary but I just used the GPS on my phone to find my way. The other few times I've just forgotten conversations or experiences I've had with my friends but they always catch me up on what I'm missing .


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I forget simple things, like I forgot where I bought my guitar the last week, I forgot how much it cost.
     I also forgot some things that I said to my parents. Its honestly not that bad, I just feel uncomfortable not being in control.

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[Saira128]

I hope you're doing well and feeling better everyday. I wish you the best possible outcome. Don't stop pushing! It's really worth it, and you really deserve it.

Cheer up!

Thank you so much....I'll keep pushing.

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[Saira128]

Saira, what's your height and weight? That sounds like pure gatekeeping, you can use either patches or injections to obviate any concerns about estrogen and weight. Also BMI is an improper measure of body fat for taller people, I seem to remember you're quite tall.

I don't know. The doc says there's increased risk of heart problems.

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[SadieBlake]

I don't know. The doc says there's increased risk of heart problems.

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Unless you have other very specific risk factors, I'd really not think this is a problem. Are you talking to an endocrinologist ot a general practitioner or some other specialty?

Have you learned about first pass metabolism? This is the effect when a medication is taken orally, as it enters the blood stream that blood all goes directly to the liver. In the case of estrogen, this results in a huge fraction being immediately converted to estrone which does have significant risk factors.

Both injected and transdermal administration avoid this, effectively delivering a much greater fraction of the delivered dose in the estrogen form. The main risk of orally administered estrogen is causing blood clots which is why injected or patches are more often prescribed for older trans women who are at higher risk.

I suggest if possible, get seen by an endocrinologist.

Hugs,

S