Many patients do MECT and find it ineffective. Why? The problem is not in the electrotherapy equipment, but in the doctor who does the electrotherapy. Some doctors are irresponsible and make $1000 once they turn on and off the equipment, not caring whether the standard is met or not. However, some doctors are very responsible, adjusting the power each time, so that each time to meet the standard – EEG spikes appear more than 30 seconds. Doctors give some patients to do 3 days in a row once they come up, and then 1 every other day. A recent patient, Li, had 12 sessions of electrotherapy in Shanghai, each time between 32-60 seconds (see attached). The effect is very remarkable. It is also important to mention that: during the electrotherapy, the patient’s family insisted on taking the original amount of medicine, determined not to reduce, is also a reason to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment. Why do some electrotherapists ask patients to reduce their medication? Because in the past, when doing “convulsive electrotherapy”, the patient is like running a 100-meter race as vigorous exercise, the hospital leadership at that time fears that the large dose of drugs will have an impact (in fact, there is no basis, nor has any research been done), so the provisions to reduce the amount of drugs. Later, after the switch to non-convulsive electrotherapy, this rule went unnoticed and uncorrected, and it remained in the minds of doctors for generations without any reason. Today, MECT has no convulsions at all, no effect on the torso, and it should be said that it has nothing to do with the dose of medication used. Multiple practices have also proven that the dose of medication does not affect the operation and effectiveness of MECT at all. People would not have to worry about it.