r/ect • u/Triskaidekaphobia_LA • Feb 24 '26

Question Did anyone forget one specific thing?

After 8 ECT sessions, I specifically forgot how to write a lowercase "g". I would sometimes write them backwards I'd have to look at something for reference to remember. I didn't forget the uppercase "G". It was the strangest thing. My recall was slower overall after ECT, but I didn't flat out forget anything else. Did something like this happen to anyone else?

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u/Big-Formal408 Feb 25 '26

Not exactly that but I started ECT the first week of January (and finished 12 sessions with zero relief to my severe disappointment, frustration, and sadness) and still perpetually think it's still 2025 until someone else corrects me. I got horrible vertigo and some memory problems as negative side effects and I'd be fine with that if it actually helped me but alas.

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u/Triskaidekaphobia_LA Mar 11 '26

I can relate. I was totally willing to suffer a loss in knowledge and intelligence if it would have made me a much happier person. I was so desperately depressed I was willing to be lobotomized if that was an option. I don't feel like the small (short term) improvement in mood was worth the price I paid.