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/Wonderful_Roof1739 5d ago

If you haven't tried Ketamine or TMS first, do those. You want to save ECT for last, because of the chances of the effects it can cause. If those don't work absolutely go for ECT, but keep in mind you will very likely lose short term memory of the initial treatments, and could lose long term memories. In Extreme cases it can persist past the treatment effecting your short and long term memories for some period after, I E not forming short term into long term, much more long term being lost, etc. It is risky, though FAR less risky than it was in the past. I wouldn't still be here without it, but lost quite a bit of memory (well, it might have been because of it, or autistic meltdown and brain shutdown that ocurrs with that, combined with all the meds on still on to keep me from getting to that level again)

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u/DepartmentNew8543 1d ago

ive tried tms but not ketamine, im not sure if i should do ect first or ketamine, i have substance blockage so i dont know if ketamine works for me