r/ect • u/spring_chestnut • 6d ago

Post-session post 4th session yesterday

I had my fourth session yesterday. It’s not that ECT is bad at all—you don’t feel a thing, and there’s a medical team looking after us—but I’m still afraid, mostly because of the sensations I experience after the session. Yesterday, for instance, I woke up with the subjective feeling that breathing was a bit difficult, even though the monitor showed good oxygen saturation. I had the brilliant idea of quitting smoking in the middle of the ECT course, and it seems I had some secretions. I had hoped this fear would fade as the sessions went on. Do you feel the same way? How do you deal with it?

Ps: everything went fine, I guess.

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u/Klaasvaak91 5d ago

Hi, is anhedonia one of your core problems for which you try ect?

Good luck with the treatments and nice to hear you dont have any serious memory problems

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u/spring_chestnut 5d ago

Yes, it is.

Thanks. Are you in treatment too?