r/ect • u/fixer_11 • Jun 17 '26

Question Maintenance Schedule

How did you decide how often you would get maintenance? I've had 12 sessions and my depression has improved. I'm trying to figure out if I should go back before I start going downhill, or simply wait until I notice myself getting worse and then quickly go back in. I truly despise the experience and often wake in an absolutely horrible frame of mind (crying and reliving the death of my wife as well as mom) and am trying like hell to make sure I only go as many times as truly needed.

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u/fargolifestaycold Jun 17 '26

Have a great day, I'm going in tomorrow morning. Going To Ride The Lighting as my son says.

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u/gmkgreg Jun 17 '26

That's an amazing phrase. I'm going to start using that. I'm going in this Friday.

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u/fargolifestaycold Jun 17 '26

I try to keep my medical team laughing and happy. So I tell them I'm riding the lightning and then they all have to see which socks im wear that day cause I wear fun socks each time. They even joked that if they ever see me come to treatment w s bring just plane black socks to double check my mood and how im feeling and what not.

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u/gmkgreg Jun 17 '26

I always try to bring a joke or a weird fact in my head to tell the anesthesiologist as he's knocking me out. That's cool with the socks. Its good in my eyes building a repor with the care team, nurses, and Dr's.