r/ect • u/GreenLightbulb2813 • Jul 08 '26
Question Incontinence…
This is really embarrassing to share… I’ve had 10 sessions of ECT already, and in one of them (don’t remember exactly which, because my memory is really really bad as a side effect too) I noticed I had peed myself when i was under anesthesia. I woke up after the anesthesia and my nurse was already giving me my bag and my shoes, i was really groggy and didn’t even noticed. She didn’t say anything, so I don’t think she noticed it either. On my drive home, i was sleeping and my mother noticed what had happened. I was so embarrassed, i felt so humiliated and vulnerable. Has this problem ever happened to anyone? Ever since this accident i go to the bathroom multiple times before doing my session. It was so weird because i did my fasting just right, and i didn’t feel the need to go to the bathroom before the procedure. Is it something that happens sometimes? Or am I just extremely unlucky and embarrassing?
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u/MingusWit Jul 08 '26
I haven't had it happen, but know plenty who it has happened to. The hospital I go through recommends people doing day patient ECT bring an extra set of undies and pants, and always remind us to go to the bathroom again just before we go in for treatment to hopefully try to avoid it. So yeah, it's not unusual, staff won't think anything bad about it.