Hi All

I know this topic isn't really about ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) but I just wanted to give my own personal opinion / experience on this topic.

I've had ECT. It was a last resort (both times) in my case and thankfully it worked to get me out of the rock bottom state I was in. The first time I had ECT I was suffering from severe postnatal depression and spent 16 weeks in a Mother-Baby Unit. I didn't want to hold my newborn child (whom my husband & I had desperately wanted and planned for). I just wanted to die. I could see no way out.

ECT is still very controversial and I respect that there are differences of opinion on this topic - but in my case it helped, it wasn't scary (but it's not a walk in the park either), and to be honest, if I ever needed it again (which I did after the birth of my second child), I would do it in a heart beat.

Having ECT hasn't "healed" me of past hurts. It just got me to a place where I could get out of bed. I am still working through long-term issues with my T and am a firm believer in the right brain / experience side of therapy which Myshrink promotes on her website.

Sorry for highjacking this topic - I wasn't even clear how ECT got brought up here in the topic on EMDR!

Cheers!
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