But I cant remember specifics, I feel like time was a weird blob. Anyone else experiences memory loss due to. It can totally deconstruct your identity and reduce you to a dependent, chronically confused mess who may never be able to work again, have an intelligent conversation, or do basic tasks without help. Patients, and physicians who are the referral sources to shock docs, are typically told that “some” experience long-term memory loss , but that memory “usually” recovers. Our research suggests that persistent memory loss is a problem for a substantial proportion of patients, and that this loss can be quite profoun Rose.
Some who consider ECT worry about memory loss.
Members of our local Dallas ECT support group, ConnECT, report some short-term memory issues around the time that ECT was administere but no. Thus extrapolating from studies of unipolar depression is not a reliable way to make conclusions regarding the impact of ECT on memory for people with BD. The objective of this study, therefore, was to determine whether long-term effects of ECT on discrete memory systems could be detected in BD patients. Either ECT does cause significant memory loss or it doesn’t. ECT can also be done (usually maintenance ECT ) as an outpatient, with just a brief PACU stay.



