Posted by lindsey75 on January 24, 2013, at 9:33:29
In reply to Re: Anyone know people that have had ECT? » gilmourr, posted by ChicagoKat on January 21, 2013, at 8:03:56
http://www.electroconvulsive-therapy.com/
I would seriously read that blog before doing it, plus the experience project and there is a lot of other patient written 1st person stories on ECT and not journals or any other possibly biased shite! The girl in the above blog registered the domain to journal her experience with ECT she ended up not even being able to write or type due to the cognitive deficits, she went from being deeply depressed and holding a job, to being deeply depressed and on disablity thanks to ECT. it is so sad to read her hopeful pre-ECT posts and then the one she writes after. PLEASE read a lot of personal experiences I have read literally hundreds they are out there. I also considered ECT out of desperation true desperation and reading several positive stories and journal articles but when I dug a lot deeper I was horrified literally horrified but what I read. A lot of people will respond by saying most people who write about their experiences will be the ones who had a bad experience but think about it if you were going to get a haircut and heard a lot of negative stories and some positive ones as well you would reconsider it I would think. I sure as hell would! And this is your brain! And its permanent! Sorry to be so preachy when you read the stories you will understand.
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