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Does ECT cause significant and permanent memory loss?

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Some of the memory loss is usually surrounding the time/day of ECT. Meaning if you get ECT on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, your memory of the events in the afternoon’s of Monday, Wednesday and Friday gets somewhat fuzzy. read more

The group also concluded that memory loss was not a significant problem in ECT patients. "Our research suggests that persistent memory loss is a problem for a substantial proportion of patients, and that this loss can be quite profound," Rose says. read more

For many, the memory loss was short lived, around the time of - or before - the treatments. Tania says that although she had not suffered long term memory loss, she does have “gaps” in her memory from the months when she was receiving weekly or fortnightly ECT treatments (although this didn’t happen when she had less frequent maintenance ECT). read more

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