Posted by sarah1980 on September 21, 2003, at 4:15:45
In reply to Re: Electroconvulsive therapy, posted by barbara on February 9, 1999, at 13:29:59
I don't think those types of things are insignificant at all. I have heard of women who are supposed to be under general anesthesia for a surgery yet for some reason could hear what was being said around her and had to sit there in a state of paralysis while the surgens talked about the patients breasts and they were traumatized by it...
It was a difficult experience for me socially when I was getting the treatments done. For the first time in my experience with medical professionals that I really felt like I wasn't listened to if I had any problems, I felt patronized and it was really depressing and frustrating... kinda like being kicked when I was down. The hospital stay sucked too because there was no one to talk to and only one little tv that wasn't in my room and it was really one of the most depressing few days of my life. I ended up just sleeping non stop to get through it.
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