Posted by TiredofChemicals on May 30, 2012, at 22:36:12
In reply to respectfully disagree..., posted by JohnLA on May 15, 2012, at 16:55:11
I hope, not to sound harsh or negative but, for me, that was the final option that the doctors presented to me while I was in the psych ward.
I was really desperate and was considering going through with ECT. The timing didn't present the opportunity for me to go through with it. I was traveling often at the time and I wasn't in a position to go through with it.
Well....my travels landed me far from that particular hospital and I ended up in a different state with psychiatric treatment that differed greatly from where I was originally hospitalized.
So there I sat, slowly moving away from psychiatry with a great deal of time on my hands to ruminate and suffer with "depression".
I am in a better state now than I was then but I still struggle. The diagnosis's they gave me were 1) Psychotic depression and 2) bipolar.
I came to realize that I don't agree with the cookie cutter diagnosis's and have had what some may call a revelation. Others might just say "What a moron".Anyways, I'm glad I did not go through with it. I had already had a 95% failure rate while being treated by psychiatry over a ten year period.
Not sure I contributed anything here, just sharing my experience.Be gentle with me. eeeeeek!!!!
Kind regards
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