Posted by Slabicki on August 6, 2012, at 21:49:50
In reply to Re: To all treatment-resistant people!, posted by alchemy on August 6, 2012, at 21:35:26
> > Hi Alchemy,
> >
> > Thank you for your support. That's good that you are on medication, at least something works.
> > That's really strange - why do we have anxiety of ECT if it worked before?
> > The anesthesia doesn't hurt, you just need to breathe. But still it's a horrifying experience.
> >
> > I will try meds that are in the trial now, if I can find any.
> > Thank you again for your response.
> >
> > Slabicki
>
> I don't know why we can have so much anxiety about a short dose of anesthesia when we know it is helpful. I don't care so much that they are shocking my brain - it needs to be shocked! Like you, it's the anesthesia & the oxygen.
> We go to sleep every night into a different state of consciousness. I don't know why it freaks me out so much to go into a different state of consiousness with anesthesia. Even though I've done it before and had no negative effects from it. But the anxiety was extremely amplified when I was already suffering from anxiety.Yes, I understand exactly what you mean.
But just a thought of it freaks me out right now.But ECT is a life saver, so I just want to encourage everyone who wants to change his life.
It changed mine years ago.
But of course everyone is different.
I thought I will never be able to function without
medications, but I did.Slabicki
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