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Posted by Dr~Eamerz on November 10, 2002, at 14:24:40
hello gorgeous.....
Posted by Greg A. on November 10, 2002, at 19:19:46
In reply to ~~~I feel comfortably dumb (nm), posted by Dr~Eamerz on November 10, 2002, at 14:24:40
I remember . . . referring to Krazy Kat as 'you Krazy Diamond . . .'
comfortably dumb works for me right now. My mind has been destroyed by these ECT treatments - how dare they refer to this as therapy! I feel lower that I ever have before and add to that my memories are a jumble of bits and pieces which I am told will one day fall back to earth as a complete picture. (I would gladly have sacrificed the cohesive picture for a view from a balcony overlooking depression, rather than my spot in the midst of the cheap seats)
On second thought, I can't subscribe to the 'comfortable' part. I am anything but comfortable right now.
Where was i going with this? Oh yeah . . . Pink Floyd. In 1969 I was at university in a west coast Canadian city. We heard Pink Floyd was giving a free concert on Sat. night and even though at that time, they were a pretty unknown group of musicians, the idea of 'free' was hard to resist. We went to this old building known as the 'Gardens' and saw this group of guys nailing down the drum kit, setting up monitors and so on. Suddenly, they picked up guitars and announced in this whisper, "Hi. We're the band" and launched into two and a half hours of non stop Pink Floyd.
Sorry for the long winded story, but the comfortably dumb post just set my mind to wandering . . .
Posted by Dr~Eamerz on November 10, 2002, at 20:22:06
In reply to Re: ~~~I feel comfortably dumb, posted by Greg A. on November 10, 2002, at 19:19:46
Hi Greg..
ECT..I've read about your treatment..if I don't reply to a post doesn't mean I ain't thinking about yer : )..
Comfortably dumb..a phase where I've stopped questioning and analyzing--just not bothered--and when my spelling gets worse.
Pink Floyd ..dumb instead of numb..got the tune stuck in my head : )Hopefully this state will be transient , especially for you as I have no idea what it feels like to go through such treatment.
Wishing you well Gregbabes.
Posted by ShelliR on November 10, 2002, at 22:28:58
In reply to Re: ~~~I feel comfortably dumb, posted by Greg A. on November 10, 2002, at 19:19:46
Hi Greg,
How long has it been since you've ended the treatments?
I went through ECT treatment almost a year ago, also unsuccessfully. So I can relate to the disappointment. But the memory stuff/confusion lasted less than a month for me, and now I can't relate to it at all. Hope the same happens with you.
Shelli
Posted by Greg A. on November 11, 2002, at 12:51:06
In reply to Re: ~~~I feel comfortably dumb » Greg A., posted by ShelliR on November 10, 2002, at 22:28:58
Thanks Shelli, and sorry that the ECT didn't do it for you either. I've just finished the treatments so the memory loss part is not something I am too seriously alarmed about . . . yet! I had 13 treatments - it was supposed to be 14 but I asked to have the final one cancelled since feeling totally suicidal and on a downward trend did not seem to form a good basis to continue getting zapped!
The only part about the memory loss and confusion that is really causing me problems is to do with my 'daytime soap' that I talked about earlier. I have admitted to myself that I could have said something that could have been perceived as a threat. I have a hard time figuring, even so, why someone who has known me for 15 years would react enough to bother going to the police. So middle of last week I decide to spend an hour at my office, just to see how it goes. I am well behaved and studiously try to avoid even crossing paths with the offended party. I certainly do not speak to her. The next day I get a phone call at home from my boss (who was not in the office the day i stopped by) asking me what my purpose was in being at work and reminding me that there is an open police file on my behaviour. I managed to avoid screaming by biting down on the telephone. What have I done??? I know it will all pass as long as I avoid over reacting . . . but in the meantime - I am already feeling like offing myself for Christ's sake!!! Perhaps we will have a 'police assisted suicide'
Sorry for the long replies but I do appreciate the chance to try to talk things out and air my disappointment with ECT and my fear of spending the rest of my days as a depressed slob.
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