My Experience With Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT)

My experience with Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT) – VISIT MY BLOG AT: slmercer.blogspot.com I voluntarily underwent Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy in May of 2010. Prior to my Lyme diagnosis. I had completed a year and a half of psych treatment and had been on every drug and done over a year of intensive therapy. I had also voluntarily admitted myself to three psych wards over a period of 8 months. I was under the misconception that staying in one would mean doctors would have to ‘fix me’ before I went home. Obviously, that didn’t happen because I was misdiagnosed. The Lyme mainly caused neuro deficits. It came on suddenly, out of the blue, when I was the happiest I had ever been. I was a senior in high school, had just been accepted to all the colleges I applied too, was number one in my class, and had an amazing boyfriend and friends. First presented itself with extreme memory loss, 24/7 panic for 5 months straight, with no variation It was constant, and wasn’t controlled the slightest bit with high doses of medications, night sweats, persistent low-grade fevers among other symptoms.

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