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Thanks all, this is helpful. Yeah, I don't think the numbness is related to the ECT - if anything, the ECT seemed to kind of jolt me out of the numbness. I think more likely it is a kind of coping mechanism plus maybe the side effect of medication. I do still have feelings from time to time -...

Thanks for your reply! Yes, I am on quite a lot of meds and I do think that it's possible they're contributing. On the other hand, I'm afraid to go off any of them as I do feel that at least I am now stable and functional.

I guess I just wanted to hear some reassurance from those out there that emotional numbness goes away. I feel like I can't feel much of anything anymore - not love, really, or sadness, or fear or anything really. I went through very severe postpartum anxiety and depression for which I was...