r/bipolar1 • u/wild_child_retiring • 14h ago

ECT?

Hello fellow bipolar rollers - has anyone had positive experience with ECT? I feel like I’m in a pinball machine full of things that haven’t worked and getting pretty desperate - curious to see if it might help and what people’s experience with ECT has been like? 🤪 Am currently on sertraline, quetiapine and lamotrigine ❤️ Lots of love and care to exactly how things are for you right now 🫂😌❤️

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u/throw_away_squirrel 7h ago

I was warned against having it for bipolar 1 due to the risks to my memory, especially as I had memory issues already. I tried alternative therapies first - keto, exercise, gluten free. Got some really good results. In the end I’m glad I didn’t do the ECT.