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The One Good Thing About My Memory Loss From Electroconvulsive Therapy

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I have retrograde amnesia, caused by the many electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments I’ve had to do in order to obtain relief from my depression.

For the record, I must have these treatments — my depression is treatment-resistant, meaning that most medications can’t help alleviate my symptoms.

Not much does except the ECT treatments, which I started in 2019. During a treatment, I’m anesthetized and electric currents are sent through electrodes placed on my brain, inducing a seizure.

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