Posted by BarbaraCat on November 7, 2002, at 1:21:43
In reply to Lightning Survivors and Depression » Robin David John, posted by IsoM on November 4, 2002, at 1:38:56
Very interesting. When I was 20 I was driving in a very bad electrical storm and pulled over. I couldn't see out the windows the rain was coming down so hard, otherwise I would not have stopped right by a telephone pole. I next saw a flash, heard a very weird hollow whanga-whanga sound and felt my body zapped. When I eventually got out of the car the tires were smoking, one was flat, and the metal was hot. The pole and the power lines next to me were smoking. I think my car was hit by lightning but the fact that it was grounded saved me. It thoroughly shook me and the shock strung me out and depleated me for a short time afterward. I never associated the onset of my depressions with this event, as I experienced unipolar depression since I was 10. However, in retracing events my bipolar symptoms started soon after this brush with atmospheric ECT. As though my circuits were scrambled. This periodic scrambled brain static has been the hallmark of this illness for me. I wonder if 'real' ECT would reset and align these neural circuits for me?
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