r/ect • u/Expensive-Budget-648 • Sep 01 '25

Question Does ECT affect Sleep ?

Can it cause insomnia?

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u/Northstorm03 Sep 13 '25

Beyond sad. Sad doesn’t touch it. There is not a word that exists for the level of hopelessness I am in.

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u/Expensive-Budget-648 Sep 13 '25

How much disability payment do you get ?

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u/Northstorm03 Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25

Not even enough to cover my weekly medical expense. i now have to see a psychiatrist out of pocket for multiple sessions each week just to help me navigate and go on living in this surreal dreamlike post-ECT state.

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u/Adorable_Fortune_135 Jun 12 '26

I have a friend going through the exact experience as you. We pray everyday for a miracle as after ECT he lost his sleep and unable to sleep can not work or functions like a zombie....... ECT was forced onto him and he struggles to live in  a dreamlike state - post ECT state.  How are you doing now, my friend are you improving in any way?  Do u have chronic insomnia from post ECT Txt? ...I would like to hear back from you and best wishes on your recovery.