Therapy or Torture: The Truth About Electroshock (2019)

https://psychotropical.com/electroconvulsive-therapy-ect-for-whom/
A little personal story:
i was at the psych ward, feeling rather unwell as usual, in the process of long-term therapy.
The people there tend to be rather interesting and i took it (the psych ward) as a place of refuge.
One of the folks there mentioned the therapy, having just had it and that it had worked well.
i considered the treatment, already having read and heard of most of the horror stories online.
i wrote down everything in a notepad that was truly important to me, lest i forget and went in...
i went in expecting to come out a complete vegetable with memory loss, but i did get a lot better.
My doctor at the time was a young woman in training that treated me rather well with a good attitude.
Being aware of my whole battery-and-assault incident, she asked me if i wanted to read anything...
There's a rather large collection of books downstairs where we were situated, most in the local language.
She suggested reading the Agatha Christie novels, for example, wondering if i was interested, but i wasn't...
The treatment itself was highly effective like the website here claims, but the treatment was stopped part-way.
They usually do around ten sessions in a treatment course and it is done under full-body narcosis anesthesia.
Operated by professionals trained in the specific fields, very competent and for the most part, likeable people.
The man that looked like the primary doctor in charge of the technicalities of the machines themselves,
a nice young man of around thirty, i've seen him locally several times where i live and he probably lives nearby.
A few years ago, when i saw him, i greeted him and said something like "(my first name), i think" as if i had forgot.
Doubtful, hesitant and unconfident, but the memory was still there and this had little to do with the treatment.
More recently, within last year, the husband of the doctor who was in training treated me at the time, came to see me.
He came to see me as part of his employment as a police officer on duty responding to a call and i recognized his name.
They got married, she went on pregnancy leave and i know this because i wanted to continue being a patient of hers.
i asked about this eventually, as there was a lot of discussion going on due to the situation and i was told where she works.
i am going to be looking whether i can see her again, because my welfare status is due for extension and requires evaluation.
She treated me nicely, he treated me nicely and ECT is probably much less malign than it is frequently assumed to be.
His name is "Stan" for short and their last name is so un-spellable that it is very hard to find anywhere without the full details.
"Are you a fan of stan?" -"yes, i am, most certainly..." My second choice of doctor for the eval is the electroshock operator.
The effects of the treatment itself in my opinion could have a double function. Firstly, like in Orange is The New Black,
where the yoga-lady and the african american sprinter are next to an electric socket and intentionally connect themselves.
The yoga lady passes out, later wakes up and goes "i needed that..." and feels better. Perhaps this is somewhat like a
High-voltage current version of the zapper, electrifying the blood which is known to be the first modern medical treatment.
Electric baths were known to be a highly vitalizing treatment in the 1800s if i am correct...similarly, the effects on the brain itself could be detraumatizing through partial memory loss or at the very least through disassociating from the pain and negative imprints from former actions, enabling the brain to re-wire and therefore possibly enabling a normal life again.
In actuality it's probably a combination of both of these things (i'm guessing), but the anesthesia made me rather tired.
With zapping, i.e. treatment with electric microcurrent (i.e. Dr. Beck, Dr. Clark), it has to be done again periodically similarly.

Here's two more articles on ECT, but please note: i trust ken over you on this matter.
In a perfect world, there probably are better things...here, it could be very helpful.

https://psychotropical.com/ect-scientific-methodology-gone-wrong/
https://psychotropical.com/parnate-1-ect-0-a-personal-narrative/

Parnate is the number one rated drug for depression on websites where they're rate-able, followed by Nardil and then followed by clomipramine (it's a red pill here)
Hey, have you heard of the rap song where Bill Cosby sings that Jazz gives children brain damage? And that Pokemon gives them brain damage, too, like Jazz?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z_k50ltkY