Thor2008
Status: Undergoing Electro-Convulsive Shock Therapy
Mood:
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I Had ECT this morning. I am doing ECT once a week now. That is a big change from three times a week when I first started. One thing I learned today was that I am given a paralytic drug that...
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I can go about a week in between ECT treatments. After that I start to feel the effects of depression. PDoc later today.
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My therapist made me sign a "suicide letter" today. Not sure what to call it, but it says that I won't hurt myself without telling her and that she will turn me in if I do. I had a lot of...
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I had my 22nd ECT this morning. I went two weeks without an ECT treatment, and I started to go downhill fast this weekend. I reached out to the TDoc that texted me back and forth this weekend....
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Wondering how often each of you sees your docs and for how long. I was talking with the front desk secretary of my PDoc and it sounded like there are some very different schedules out there....
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I keep printed and electronic copies of my records. Lately, I have been making the rounds of my doctors to get copies of my records from the 2019 year. I made an electronic request of one of my...
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So my wife had to drive me to the PDoc this week because I had ECT earlier that day and I can't drive for 24 hours after ECT. So we are waiting in the waiting room for the PDoc, my name comes up...
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ECT again this morning. The baby PDoc wanted to give me the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and I failed. I scored 23 out of 30 that places me with log grade dementia. It looks like too...
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Fairly routine, but I am sick. I have a dry cough and some body aches but no phlem and no fever. I told them today but the doc didn't seem to care and when about her business of electrocuting my...
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I think this is a side effect of my meds, but I am very emotional all the time. I see something on TV that is sad, I feel that I need to cry and I beat back tears nightly. This makes it hard to...
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Another session of ECT down. I was the first in the door and was the first to be shocked. yeah! This is my last ECT for a week and a half because of my trip home and the fact that I should show...
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My dad has had small cell lung cancer for a number of years now. He beat the estimate that doc gave him of six months left by about four years. Lately, he has been having problems and it seems...
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I went to the early morning appointment time. Was #3 in the door and went straight to a bed vice waiting in one of their easy boy chairs and then going to a bed to wait some more. So it was...
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Does anyone know any info on emotional support dogs? The wife is interested in getting more info. I had my Thor for ten years, and he was the perfect companion for me. And she is interested in...
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A lot of traffic in the ECT lab. The ECT operation was shut down for two weeks during the Xmas break and today was the first day back and everyone came in for ECT today. Waited for two hours in...
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