Hey Guys while I am off on my honeymoon I have a few awesome guest bloggers taking over. I will have a few of my own posts too but lets spice things up with some new perspectives. First up is Beth. I have known Beth since she was in Kindergarten. I was a few years older but we went to the same elementary school, junior high and high school. Once she started blogging we reconnected and have become great friends. You will love her!
Hi ‘Yall! I am so jealous …why you are reading this Neely and A are enjoying fun in the sun (and other stuff) in Hawaii! I thought I would blog about a hush hush topic: Depression…and even more of a hush hush topic: ECT.
Do you ever feel like staying in bed all day with the covers over you head and the lights dimmed down? For some it’s a blue funk, but for others Depression is a day-to-day struggle.
I’m blessed in that although medicine does not work for me, something did…..ECT.
I usually don’t talk about the fact that I’ve had ECT multiple times, but this is all part of ending the stigma.
ECT stands for Electroconvulsive Therapy. I’m no doctor, but basically they put you to sleep and shock your brain in order to create seizures. By the grace of God this healed me! I still take meds for maintenance, because I tried going off meds one time, and that was a no-go.
If you are taking anti-depressant meds and they aren’t working, know that there are other methods to help you live a functional life. I want to raise awareness and end the stigma that ECT is NOT like the movie One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest.
Kitty Dukakis, wife of former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis wrote a great book called Shock, detailing her experience with ECT. Other celebrities receiving ECT include Judy Garland and Ernest Hemingway.
Feel free to ask me any questions at my blog Everything Is Comin’ Up Roses
Beth, thanks for the clarification and your post on depression. You may actually save someone’s life by coming forward with your experience.
I so appreciate you sharing this! I have suffered with depression before and have been on and off meds (they really effect you in so many other ways!). It is so wonderful to see the other alternatives out there.
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Hope you’re having fun in sunny Hawaii!!! You deserve it!!!! I love hearing the crashing waves while reading a good book!!!! Glad yall liked the post – I try and be honest 🙂
I had no idea that was still a thing. And I really had no idea that it was not like in the movies.
I take medication that works for me, and I mostly have normal emotions, but I don’t get any extremes. At all. I can’t cry. I don’t get super mad anymore. It’s good and bad.