Posted by Christ_empowered on October 16, 2013, at 8:20:16
In reply to Re: Were you a ECT horror story? » rjlockhart37, posted by SLS on October 15, 2013, at 22:11:10
...at 20, I had a massive benzo OD. I turned aggressive (I'm guessing "paradoxical disinhibition") and a mental hospital let me have it with hardcore ECT.
I was left dead eyed for a couple years, with tics and severe memory loss. I didn't dream when I went to sleep.
At 23, more ECT (again, involuntary--notice a pattern?). I barely even had thoughts, much less dreams, memories, emotions. All I can think of is that God must really love me, because now, at 29, I've recovered. Orthomolecular seems to have played a role in my recovery (Dr.Abram Hoffer used B3 with ECT and after ECT to help with memory issues).
I don't think ECT should be done very often, certainly not involuntarily, and never by court order as happens in some states (usually to poor people and minorities).
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