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TexasBushwhacker

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52. How many ECT treatments did you get?

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #13)

Sat May 4, 2019, 02:30 PM

May 2019

I'm considering it. Did you have to take antidepressants afterwards for maintenance?

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