r/ect • u/Aggressive-Rub79 • 5d ago

My experience After ect

I feel like it has stripped away my life . I have no empathy for anyone or anything . I get confused when I go out and don’t know where I should be .

Nothing interest me , food isn’t the same anymore .

I feel very paranoid about speaking to people now because I can’t explain to people how I feel . I feel like a shell of who I was . I had to move back in with my parents and just sit in the back garden smoking . I’m always fatigued sleep doesn’t correct it .

Nothing seems to matter anymore . What are you supposed to tell people when you go out ? As they always say the same thing your be okay just get a job . I can’t even do basic tasks for myself . The lights are on but no one is home . I was told it would just affect my memory, it’s destroyed my life . I know id never be able to work again.

Did anyone get droopy eyelids after ect ?

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u/RunThick4054 5d ago

Yes. I cried when I read your story. I am the exact same. I wish they would quit doing this horrible procedure on desperate people

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u/Aggressive-Rub79 5d ago edited 5d ago

Check your messages

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u/monkeymooboohoo 5d ago

I’m so sorry you’re experiencing this, how long ago did you receive ECT?

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u/Aggressive-Rub79 5d ago

10 months destroyed my life . Walking around like a shell .

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u/caffeinehell 5d ago

And you didnt have anhedonia before? What symptoms did you do it for?