Seventy to eighty percent will have no symptoms afterwards, minor pulse changes may occur. Some medicines the patient is taking can make seizures harder to produce, or increase seizure duration, or interfere with the muscle relaxant or increase confusion or high blood pressure. They have to be adjusted for the course of treatments. Patients may experience temporary memory loss for the period just before, during, and after a course of treatments. Untreated depression in contrast may cause memory loss too.
Electroconvulsive treatment is an effective agent for depression in the elderly.
Like all treatments, however, it has some risks. Untreated depression has bigger risks. It often kills. All rights reserved.