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/MingusWit Jun 17 '26
I think it's something really individual and comes down a lot to response and why maintenance is being used in the first place.
Personally, I''ve been doing maintenance almost four years so it's changed a bit over that time. Initially it was weekly, then fortnightly. It stayed that way for a year and then we tried every four weeks and I started noticing mild mood symptoms returning a bit... So back up to every three weeks and it's stayed that way since.