I would like to hear about your experience with ECT. Considering talking to my son’s dr about it. My son is adhering to treatment for almost 2 yrs now and doing well, but voices remain.
We had a mostly beneficial experience with ECT (until it was too many treatments due to unfortunate continuity of care and that it was a treatment used because my LO refused everything else at the time) but it was not to treat voices because that was not a symptom. ECT is typically used for other symptoms and it seems very little for voices, per what I know and am reading about. What treatment is your son currently receiving? There are other more common go-to treatments for eliminating or lessening voices. What was your reason for considering ECT?
My daughter has been successfully using Haldol injections for almost 4 years now, it was the only thing that quieted most of the symptoms of her psychosis. However, she still hears her voices even now. I don’t know that they will ever go away, honestly. But she is not “under their control” anymore. The last two years have been the greatest improvements, sort of a continuous uphill slow walk… So perhaps the medicine is helping and will continue to help, and only more time is needed.
My mother went through 8 sessions of ECT. It was very effective for her stress, and reduced voices but didn’t stop them
Voices dont go away. Much improvement on many other indicators. Over a year on Clozapine.
I’m sorry to not responding to this sooner. I know that for many the voices don’t go away entirely, but on the right med they should become more manageable. Counseling can help with managing voices, too. I’m not sure that ECT is known to help specifically with voices, but it certainly can help with other things. I’m surprised there aren’t more ECT comments on this thread. Did you end up trying ECT? There are probably other posts on this site about ECT, too.
We did it for our son
He didn’t benefit at all
We did 15 sessions
But my son is delusional scz he doesn’t hear voices.
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I’d love to know…Did ANYthing improve with ECT? And what DID improve on Clozapine? Are the voices better than they were?
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I have not do it yet. For one, he does not want ECT. Voices continue, although they appear to be friendly.
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