I know this may be not a smart question, but I don’t understand why ECT is the most controversial thing in psyc. I was told in foreigh countries it is the first choice of treatment while in the US it is the last resort. I tried everything else for a good three years before my doc recommended ECT. After receiving it, I realize the fear and such that follows the recovery period, but when you weigh the options of losings few short term memories compared to getting your life back, is there even a comparison? I went through many emotions as I had ECT, even quit because I became scared. I returned a month later to finish and had to work through much fear then…but Dr. Shock, ECT worked for me. For the first time in years I am not at all depressed. It’s a beautiful thing and I want people to know that side of ECT. How can we get the good stories out there to the mass media?

I must say I blog literally to reach myself. I’ve been blogging a little over a year and during that entire time was quite depressed. Sometimes I couldn’t reach myself with the words of speaking or explain what was going on inside of me or with me, so I took to blogging. My blogging is very random, but it’s what I need at that time and it helps me to at a later dat go back and reflect on what I was feeling, my expereince. And if it helps someone else in the process…great!

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Shaheen