Does multi-parameter twitch-free electroconvulsive therapy make people stupid?

  In clinical work, we often hear families ask or say that they can’t go “over the electricity”, that is, to do electroconvulsive therapy, after doing it, they will become stupid, and when they are sick again, it is not good to cure, etc.. Is it really so terrible to do electroconvulsive therapy, and will it really make people stupid? In fact, no convulsive electroconvulsive therapy (MECT), also known as modified electroconvulsive therapy, no convulsive electroconvulsive therapy, is a method of treating psychosis without convulsive seizures by injecting an appropriate amount of muscle relaxant before energizing the treatment, and then stimulating the brain with a certain amount of electric current to cause loss of consciousness in the patient.  It has a wide range of adaptation to the acute stage of various mental illnesses, especially the following: 1, severe depression, strong self-injury, suicidal behavior or obvious self-blame and self-criminalization; 2, extreme excitement and agitation, impulsive injury; 3, refusal to eat, disobedience and nervous stiffness; 4, psychotropic drug treatment is ineffective or drug treatment can not be tolerated. Its side effects are mainly: memory loss, vomiting, headache, muscle aches, etc., while there are no other serious adverse reactions, not to mention the stupidity, if the disease relapses, and then give the corresponding drug treatment or no convulsions electroconvulsive therapy as effective.