Description of Event or Problem · 0
I HAD AROUND 30 ECT TREATMENTS IN 2022. I WAS COERCED INTO TREATMENT BY HOSPITAL STAFF AND MY MILITARY COMMAND, AS IF I DID NOT ACCEPT TREATMENT THEY WOULD BEGIN THE PROCESS OF STRIPPING MY PATIENT RIGHTS. I WAS HIGHLY MISLED ABOUT ECT BY THE PSYCHIATRISTS TREATING ME, WHO MINIMIZED OR EXCLUDED ENTIRELY THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE EXTREME SIDE EFFECTS I AM FACING AND THEIR LIKELIHOOD. I WAS FURTHER PRESSURED INTO CONTINUING TREATMENTS BY HOSPITAL STAFF AND MY MILITARY COMMAND, DESPITE ME REPORTING A LACK OF POSITIVE RESULTS AND REPORTING MEMORY LOSS. ALL SIDE EFFECTS FROM ECT WERE THEN AND STILL ARE DISMISSED AS TEMPORARY OR UNRELATED TO MY ECT TREATMENTS. I AM STILL SUFFERING FROM SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS TWO YEARS LATER IN 2024, WITH NO SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. I WAS ABLE TO SELF-NAVIGATE BEFORE ECT. NOW I MUST USE GPS OR HAVE OTHERS TRANSPORT ME. BEFORE ECT I HAD AN EXCELLENT MEMORY. AFTER ECT MY MEMORY IS SO POOR THAT I HAVE TO WRITE REMINDERS ALL OVER THE HOUSE FOR EVERYTHING, AND EVEN THESE I SOMETIMES FORGET IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING; THIS IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC AND DANGEROUS FOR THINGS LIKE SCHEDULING MEDICATION. BEFORE ECT I HAD AN EXTENSIVE VOCABULARY. AFTER ECT MY VOCABULARY IS EXTREMELY STUNTED, WORDS CAN TAKE MINUTES TO DAYS OR EVEN WEEKS TO RECALL. ECT HAS CAUSED A LOSS OF TRAINED SKILLS, NAMELY MY ABILITY TO CODE/PROGRAM HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPAIRED. AS A RESULT, ECT HAS ACTUALLY DRASTICALLY WORSENED THE ORIGINAL CONDITION IT WAS MEANT TO TREAT ME FOR, MY MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER. BEFORE ECT, I WAS NOT CONSIDERED 100% PERMANENT AND TOTALLY DISABLED BY VETERANS AFFAIRS; NOW I AM. BEFORE ECT, I WAS NOT CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY; NOW I AM UTILIZING IT.