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Originally Posted by FluffyDinosaur
@[URL="https://psychcentralforums.com/member.php?u=9024"] do you find that the ECT gives you more energy? One of the worst symptoms for me is the fatigue. Combined with anhedonia it prevents me from doing almost anything. I spend all of my days pretty much just waiting for them to be over. Since it's a symptom of the depression I would think ECT should help with that, right?
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This is a very good question and one you should also mention to your wife. For some people ECT can trigger (hypo)mania though I understand it's quite rare.
While I've never been triggered (as I see it), I do find that the lethargy dissipates. In the last few days before my maintenance treatments I tend to sink into a mild depression. Your description of waiting for the day to be over is apt. After the ECT, though, I am back where we're supposed to be, engaged, ambitious, energetic in a normal capacity.