So glad I found this. Did ok at first then felt suicidal after that and more depressed and started more physical problems wanting to cry all the time !
I'm so sorry. Please know you are not alone. There's are two new non-profit that provides information on the long-term consequences of ECT'S electrical injury: Life After ECT & The Ionic Injury Foundation.
@@SarahPriceHancock With the greatest of respect.. reputable research into mental health has very little practical value these days (there is a lot of good biology being done though).. and doctors might say they read it.. but I have met some who say they have.. they haven't understood a word; no one is going to tell you anything worth while in main stream medicine.. you have to read and understand it yourself..
If a delayed reaction will occur, is it inevitable, or is it something that can be prevented? Also, does everyone seem to experience delayed reactions? Sorry if this is answered in the video or elsewhere.
These are exceptional questions. The reality is it's never been formally studied, but ECT survivors frequently begin searching one another out as they begin experiencing more problems. Delayed neurological sequela of low-voltage electrical injury is a very real phenomenon well documented in the medical literature. For some reason, ECT is never studied in the same context of low voltage electrical injury. Sadly, it increases the risks associated with motor neuron diseases due to the pervasive cortical gliosis & delayed spinal cord injury (Most people recognize MND as Lou Gehrig's Disease) which has no cure at this time.
Delayed low-voltage Electrical Injury manifests between 2.5-10+ years after initial shock. Age of symptoms onset is typically based on two factors: 1. age of the person when shocked 2. Type of shock 3. The numbers of times shocked. More exposures a person has, the more significant the injury will be. The older a person is, the less time lapses between the initial shock and the delayed electrical injury sequelae.
At what point do you start to ask whether treatments for mental illness really work? - I mean with any reliability.. At what point do you stop believing medical practitioners, and start asking real questions and finding real answers? We keep believing the licensed lunatics, and dismissing answers that are less invasive and more successful.. If you have ECT you are rolling the dice.. I have seen and heard more horror stories than successes..
Sadly, patients in desperate situations have families in desperate situations. When a loved one is told "ECT saves lives" and "ECT has fast results," or "The only treatment left is ECT," by a doctor they trust to be trained in every possible treatment--they assume the doctor knows best. Sadly, the doctor is relying on the medical traditions of their predecessors who never had to safety test ECT devices in the first place, let alone make dosing consensus standards based on safety testing using neuropathology studies... Patients are never told their doctor arbitrarily chooses the dose from 1:1000+ potential ECT doses--without any subspecialty training in biophysics or histopathology of electrical injury. Patients/families don't know to ask about FDA required warnings--or that the device manufacturers never submitted testing and protocols required by 2019...
@@SarahPriceHancock Thank you.. It's not entirely what I meant though.. I truly understand the difficulty of putting your faith in the medical profession, and the pain of having no more options; I know you do that when suffering.. but I never trusted these SOB's for a second.. they don't even know how their own medication works.. I had to tell them.. What I am saying is; when do we say enough of these medieval methods, enough people have been maimed for life.. and start forcing them to take mental health seriously.. I guess this is them taking it seriously; but I suppose I can call it incompetence on a grand scale, because I know there are other ways.. I just want to know why all these barbaric methods are still around.. but maybe that is just rhetorical..
So glad I found this. Did ok at first then felt suicidal after that and more depressed and started more physical problems wanting to cry all the time !
I'm so sorry. Please know you are not alone. There's are two new non-profit that provides information on the long-term consequences of ECT'S electrical injury: Life After ECT & The Ionic Injury Foundation.
Have you ever considered anything outside of what the medical establishment offers?
I've tried everything with reputable research and gratefully now have doctors who pay attention to research.
@@SarahPriceHancock With the greatest of respect.. reputable research into mental health has very little practical value these days (there is a lot of good biology being done though).. and doctors might say they read it.. but I have met some who say they have.. they haven't understood a word; no one is going to tell you anything worth while in main stream medicine.. you have to read and understand it yourself..
Wow such a great coming together of two different perspectives with understanding and compassion. Once again you amaze me Sarah
Thank you.
If a delayed reaction will occur, is it inevitable, or is it something that can be prevented? Also, does everyone seem to experience delayed reactions? Sorry if this is answered in the video or elsewhere.
Also, does it seem like the damage of ECT is permanent? What I mean is whether it can be "cured"or just "managed". Sorry for the hard questions.
These are exceptional questions. The reality is it's never been formally studied, but ECT survivors frequently begin searching one another out as they begin experiencing more problems.
Delayed neurological sequela of low-voltage electrical injury is a very real phenomenon well documented in the medical literature.
For some reason, ECT is never studied in the same context of low voltage electrical injury.
Sadly, it increases the risks associated with motor neuron diseases due to the pervasive cortical gliosis & delayed spinal cord injury (Most people recognize MND as Lou Gehrig's Disease) which has no cure at this time.
Delayed low-voltage Electrical Injury manifests between 2.5-10+ years after initial shock.
Age of symptoms onset is typically based on two factors: 1. age of the person when shocked
2. Type of shock
3. The numbers of times shocked.
More exposures a person has, the more significant the injury will be. The older a person is, the less time lapses between the initial shock and the delayed electrical injury sequelae.
@@SarahPriceHancock I think it's very brave, considerate, informative, and helpful that you're making these videos. I appreciate it.
@@beadingbusily Thank you!
At what point do you start to ask whether treatments for mental illness really work? - I mean with any reliability..
At what point do you stop believing medical practitioners, and start asking real questions and finding real answers?
We keep believing the licensed lunatics, and dismissing answers that are less invasive and more successful..
If you have ECT you are rolling the dice.. I have seen and heard more horror stories than successes..
Sadly, patients in desperate situations have families in desperate situations. When a loved one is told "ECT saves lives" and "ECT has fast results," or "The only treatment left is ECT," by a doctor they trust to be trained in every possible treatment--they assume the doctor knows best. Sadly, the doctor is relying on the medical traditions of their predecessors who never had to safety test ECT devices in the first place, let alone make dosing consensus standards based on safety testing using neuropathology studies...
Patients are never told their doctor arbitrarily chooses the dose from 1:1000+ potential ECT doses--without any subspecialty training in biophysics or histopathology of electrical injury.
Patients/families don't know to ask about FDA required warnings--or that the device manufacturers never submitted testing and protocols required by 2019...
@@SarahPriceHancock Thank you..
It's not entirely what I meant though.. I truly understand the difficulty of putting your faith in the medical profession, and the pain of having no more options; I know you do that when suffering.. but I never trusted these SOB's for a second.. they don't even know how their own medication works.. I had to tell them..
What I am saying is; when do we say enough of these medieval methods, enough people have been maimed for life.. and start forcing them to take mental health seriously.. I guess this is them taking it seriously; but I suppose I can call it incompetence on a grand scale, because I know there are other ways.. I just want to know why all these barbaric methods are still around.. but maybe that is just rhetorical..