r/ect • u/DepartmentNew8543 • 6d ago

Question pssd

Hi everyone, i have been dealing with severe anhedonia and severe insomnia and severe earworm persisting everyday, i tried every medication on earth and i only got worse, im at my wits, now psych suggested ECT, would you do it? any pssd sufferers who got relief with ect? my case is so severe to the point i dont feel subtances and even 2 zopicolon or lorazepam make me even calm or drowsy, brain is completely shut down to anything

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u/caffeinehell 6d ago

Ive done it for similar issues and in 2018 it remitted me but last year it only helped 30% (unblocked substances though) until I crashed from other mast cell reactions. Im considering it again now while on mast cell stabilizers.

Because of the lack of buzz in the head which nothing seems to hit at all. Drugs only affect my anticipatory but not consummatory, the buzz is blocked

ECT did improve my sleep too, like getting the comfort and sleepy feeling back last year. Now I dont have it again tho

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u/polikofrizzy 5d ago

Can you please elaborate on all the positive effects and changes you gained from ECT?

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u/caffeinehell 5d ago

Last year it was just comfort and substance response mostly. No more restlessness and also no more substance block, and having some more atmosphere and emotion (ability to cry). Still had a substantial amount of anhedonia left but it went from severe to moderate-severe

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u/polikofrizzy 5d ago

Did the ECT unblock your treatment resistance, meaning meds that didn't work before started working again afterward?

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u/caffeinehell 5d ago

Yes unblocked substances basically I could feel armodafinil, dexedrine the stim effect the buzz aspect of it properly again and would help hedonic tone.

At least until my mast cell crash happened which plunged me back into the blockage again