After three suicide attempts, ECT provided a quick and clear path out of my depression. I suffer mentally, physically and emotionally from the damages caused by ECTs. she sustained, and she wants better support for those whose lives have been turned upside down. Almost total amnesia for more than 20 years is the result of forced ECT and nothing else. Simple. I am now on SSDI due to brain damage. As doctors, we have a duty to explain, and patients have a right to knowledge and reassurance. It insists its use of the treatment is within NICE guidelines. ECT doctors view this as an improvement but actually it indicates severe and disabling brain injury. Some argue that ECT only works temporarily, the high relapse rate invalidating the procedure. Sleep, exercise, nutrition, psychotherapy, social support groups, stress management, and often medication play a critical role in maintaining health after ECT. The theory is that by sending an electric current to the brain, triggering a seizure, you can reset the brains existing electrical current, relieving the symptoms of some mental health problems. My quality of life has been greatly diminished due to this inhumane treatment. I agreed with her and said the psychiatrist convinced my family the ECT treatments would eventually work., I have suffered severe reversible brain damage. My Great-Aunt was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was seventeen. I have lost 35+ yrs of memory, 27 IQ pts, am unable to make new memories, numb, like a zombie. This assault on the brain causes a temporary coma and flat-lining of brain waves, which is a sign of impending brain death. No way do I believe guts and determination was what saved me. Views about ECT are polarised. Now comes for the part where i "ruined her life" or at least I feel like i am in the process of it. Scared to eat anything for fear of more nausea. The doctors who prescribed it were largely earnest and well-intended, but the consequences were destructive. Since ECT causes BRAIN DAMAGE, my memory is deficient about the period when I had the ECTs, It also removes periods of memory (up to 10 years at a time) and the MDs and the RNs tell you the memories will come back after awhile, BUT THEY DONT. Has relaxed me , stopped voices , and helped me wean off of psychotropics. I know from personal experience. I was originally diagnosed with major depression when I was twelve years old and immediately began treatment following my diagnosis. For more information about me or Struck by Living, check out the Struck by Living website. This is clearly not happening. Its humiliating to walk into a shop and tip your money out and say: Just take how much money you need, because I dont know how much to give you.. Electroconvulsive Treatment (ECT) - Side effects of having ECT - Healthtalk It took away four years of my life that I will never regain, while nearly costing it! complete disorientation or deeply upsetting such as the loss of treasured memories. I cannot see that it does any good to anyone. Comments have been closed on this article. No one can predict the future. i want to be loved how i love, seen in the light i . As noted above, my sense, based on my research, is that MKULTRA-style mind control abuses derive from three main sources: 1) Satanic Ritual Abuse, or SRA (probably synonymous with Jewish Ritual Abuse), which has been practiced by elite families within the context of secretive cults for millennia and 2) the findings of British, American, and Nazi psychiatrists since the late 1880's, and 3 . Has anyone tried hyperbaric oxygen therapy or holistic approaches that provide even minor benefits? "While ECT can sometimes cause people to lose some past memories, we've become much better at mitigating . This is heartbreaking., As a survivor of shock therapy, I can say it destroyed my subtle sensory ability to feel nuances of feelings that make life the experience it is meant to be. I have a few friends that committed suicide after receiving that violent procedure. There is good evidence that it works and is safe, although medication is usually needed to maintain long-term remission. (Never, ever shut up, either. ECT is a simple procedure, but many precautionary measures must be taken before the pulse of electricity can be given to produce the seizure. Years later, you can still see these effects. Half Indian they call her Tonto on Twitter: "So like even when men date I wasnt told all the possible risks. I used to be known as a pretty smart person - safe to say Im dumb as a rock. It harms more people that just the victim of the Intracranial burn scar., Electric shocks have a huge impact on peoples brain functioning and memory, and can sometimes end in death, my mother lost alit if memory and appeared like a zombie after her shocks, unable to motivate herself or remember things..and it doesnt take long before the depression comes back full force., I received ect 3 times a week for 4-5 weeks in 1995.

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