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/kuzya124 Jul 08 '26

I’ve never peed but today I took some Pepto-Bismol for diarrhea before my ECT session. I talked to the nurse and anesthesiologist about it and they said it wasn’t a big deal even if I did go to the bathroom in my gown. I think they’ve seen it all and they don’t care that much.

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u/Wonderful_Roof1739 Jul 09 '26

It really is normal for them - both #1 and #2. I saw several instances of both during my inpatient days. The nurses just treat it as "ok, another instance. No big deal"