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Re: ECTs f*ck*d my life up

Posted by bleauberry on March 25, 2012, at 10:37:18

In reply to ECTs f*ck*d my life up, posted by Zyprexa on March 25, 2012, at 2:56:00

I had ECT too. It messed me up too. I used to be straight A material, and I think I still am it's just that it takes 10 times the effort and time to do what used to be easy. For me the worst damage was in the department of name recall. I am so bad with names....people, streets...it's like whatever part of the brain deals with that stuff just got turned way down. Chunks of life memories, completely at random over my entire life, are gone. It's bizarre how I can easily remember in fine detail certain random things, and others it's like they never happened and I don't recall it at all.

Anyway, I haven't found remission and not sure I ever will, but I have put some pretty good distance between where I used to be and where I am now. I couldn't even leave the house or drive around town before, because I was so nervous all the time and fried memory felt lost. Now I work a fulltime job, running things at home pretty good, playing out in 2 really good bands, and basically fighting back against evil. I don't often feel very good, but I am functioning, and as the months and years go by I am making progress, and I do have some random days each week that are actually pretty good and symptom free, which never used to happen at all. Which is a lot more than I can say for the 12+ MDs that guided my journey prior to ECT.

The things I have found helpful are:
Jesus, his strength, wisdom, and guidance
Food choices....pure health nothing non-organic.
Antimicrobial herbs
Antiinflammatory herbs or medicines
Antitoxin strategies
Adrenal balancing herbs
If there is a med that can help somewhat, or on an as needed basis, use it. Someday you might not need it anymore, but for now that med might be helpful sort of like a stepping stone to get from here to there.

Whatever is uncomfortable for you to do....church, window shopping, being around people, whatever....you have to do those things. The more you do, the more the body will learn how to adapt and not view them as threats. Whatever you want to be fun to you, you have to do those things. The more you do, the more you teach and show the brain what you want it to do. It will learn and it will respond, but it needs your help and time. That's not easy, but is a must. Forcing oneself to do something that is very uncomfortable is hard. But look at it this way....not doing those things almost guarantees staying sick and getting sicker.....which is much harder than doing the hard stuff!

I think the most important thing for me was to grasp the idea that the earth is under temporary influence of the fallen angel and his legion of demons, and it is my job to reject him and fight back. When I succumb to the suffering he infringes upon me, he wins by keeping me distracted from what really matters. I think the old saying, "I never promised you a rose garden", can be helpful. I mean, ok, let's take 2 people with identical symptoms. Person A does all the stuff listed above. Person B endures the suffering somehow but really doesn't do more than take a prescription or two from a pdoc. Who do you think is going to have a more full life, one with some moments of victory and joy, moments of accomplishment and pride.....it probably isn't Person B. Which of those 2 people do you think stands a chance of improvement and even remission? Probably not Person B.

So ECT messed things up. And the demons were probably throwing a party over it. Time to close that chapter and open a new one.


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