{"id":5173,"date":"2012-09-27T15:40:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T22:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:20","slug":"reader-comment-from-lauretha-about-ect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/reader-comment-from-lauretha-about-ect\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader Comment from Lauretha about ECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5178\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"support\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-400x211.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Julie,<\/p>\n<p>Help me, I am so scared. It is that time again\u2026very depressed, on medication, still feeling sick\u2026think I need to go for ECT treatment. I am so scared of the memory loss\u2026it is so horrible if you cannot even remember where you live\u2026!<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for me\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Lauretha<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hello Lauretha,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I had a little run in with lithium that took me out for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I had ECT in 2010 and have zero regrets. It works for the majority of people who get it. The success numbers are very high. The memory loss can\u00a0 be severe.\u00a0 I would rather have memory loss than kill myself.\u00a0 I believe in ECT as long as a person has FULLY researched what it means. It&#8217;s also essential that all family, friends and health care professionals are there to offer support.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t remember where I lived a few times. I had to call my brother to tell me where I was.\u00a0 It was bad &#8211; but it has faded. The memory loss is just part of the treatment. If you can&#8217;t get better on your own through lifestyle changes and meds, ECT is realistic.<\/p>\n<p>Do what it takes to get\u00a0rid of the depression. It&#8217;s a terrible thing to be depressed and if you know of something that works- I say it\u00a0 may be a good option.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5178\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"support\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support-400x211.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/support.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Julie,<\/p>\n<p>Help me, I am so scared. It is that time again\u2026very depressed, on medication, still feeling sick\u2026think I need to go for ECT treatment. I am so scared of the memory loss\u2026it is so horrible if you cannot even remember where you live\u2026!<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for me\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Lauretha<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hello Lauretha,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I had a little run in with lithium that took me out for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I had ECT in 2010 and have zero regrets. It works for the majority of people who get it. The success numbers are very high. The memory loss can be severe. I would rather have memory loss than kill myself. I believe in ECT as long as a person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/reader-comment-from-lauretha-about-ect\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11467,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions\/11467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}