For Bill Russell, seven months have passed since his last ECT treatment. He's now taking antidepressants, and he's had some bad days that brought him close to scheduling a booster ECT treatment. But both Russells say that their life is essentially back to the way it's always been in their 12 years of marriage. And they both insist that without ECT, Bill wouldn't be here.
"It was like a kick start, like starting over," Bill Russell says. "When I was done with the treatments and the fog started to clear, it was like waking up from a bad dream."
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Anyone considering electroshock for himself or a loved one should check out the electroshock survivors groups. I don't know of any other "therapy" that has inspired thousands of former patients to join together to educate the public about the horrors of this treatment. Electroshock is STILL being forced on people - and to me, that says it all. Doctors and technicians that deliver electroshock have lost all trace of humanity.
Anyone contemplating electroshock for himself or a loved one should check out the electroshock survivors groups. I can't think of any other treatment which has inspired thousands of recipients to join together to educate the public on the horrors of what they experienced. Electroshoock is also forced on people - and that, to me, says it all. Doctors and technicians that deliver electroshock have lost all trace of humanity.
ECT....are we regressing because we are not willing to work on other therapies that can be effective. This just seems so Draconian to me. Cukoo's Nest. Kesey worked at the Palo Alto VA when he was at Stanford and saw this brutality practiced, hence his book. Please stop this madness. My husband is 100 per cent disabled from his service to our country and his Depression is staggering in it's depth and the pain that it causes him on a daily basis, but I would rather euthanizehim than put him through this bbarbaric "treatment". Shame on the AMA.
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