I often make a disclaimer that I report on ME and my treatments because I don't usually make generalizations. About 25 years ago, I received ECT. My response from my first two treatments was unexpected. I went into the treatments with confidence that they would work. In 1945, due to Battle Fatigue, my dad was 21 when he was transferred from the European theater and transferred to the VA Center in Valley Forge, PA. He was 21. I felt that if he were brave enough to receive 1940s Era Electro Shock Therapy, that I would try it around 1997.
My psychiatrist prescribed 12 sessions in my treatment plan. I received ECT twice at the hospital by my psychiatrist. Afterwards, I would go home and weep. I asked that for the rest of the treatments, I would be in-patient at a behavioral health center. After 4 more treatments, with same reaction of Weeping for hours, my psychiatrist decided to discontinue the treatments. When I asked, "Why?" His reply was, 'I'm not getting the results I anticipated."
Throughout the rest of the summer, I felt impaired. I didn't feel safe driving. I chose to walk to and from my appointments.
I went into the treatments with an open-mind. I don't know why I did not respond. However, the convenience of recuperating inpatient helped me recover in a safe environment, receiving inpatient services such as talk & group therapy, recreational therapy and a sense of feeling safe. My son was 17 & my daughter, 15. No one needed to be subjected to my unexplained despair.
I hope your treatment plan
is successful. Be an advocate and share your thoughts and concerns.
Body, mind and spirit help maintain balance.
I hope you experience wellness.

That is a good suggestion. I will do so at the same time proceeding with treatment. I feel like my wife is slipping away mentally and physically.

I did have several ECT treatments. Unfortunately I never forgot the bad things that made me depressed. However I did forget things that meant a lot to me. I even lost love for my husband. Which years later looking back I believe was the treatments. I realized just how many memories I was missing when I went to a high school reunion and everyone was sharing stories that I was in and I didn’t remember them. It was sad. I don’t know anyone that has had a positive outcome and I worry as I age what the long term effects will be. Please research this online. Many had unwanted outcomes. It literally pushed me away from my husband. We divorced it long after. I wish that had not happened!