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4 years ago
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So about a week ago I stopped taking my anti-depressant meds, Now before people go crucifying me for this, they honestly made me feel like shit, disoriented,tired and unfocused. Sure so far there have been some moments of mood unstableness but other than that I've been feeling pretty well. I do get fleeting moments of hopelessness and depression but if I manage to distract myself by playing games or things like that I feel that im more focused on the tasks I do. Now those are some pretty okay news but I did have a thing happen to me lately that wasnt really okay. I had a psychiatric medical proffessional say to me "I would recommend ECT (Electroshock therapy) to you" to which my reaction was pretty much "hahahaha NOPE!". Like seriously I didnt know we lived in the 1950's still. And apparently its quiet common in Sweden to use as a treatment for depression,seizures and other things. Now I'm usually very open minded when it comes to things but I will NEVER let them do electroschock therapy on me. Mostly because there are reported side-effects of memory loss,disorientation and just general nastyness. And after doing some more research on how its done here in my country there are several doctors who have said that it is and I quote "state sponsored torture". So yeah hope I never have to talk to that doctor again. Which reminds me I'm going to meet my new psychiatric doctor tomorrow, and I'm feeling dubious about it because most of the ones I've had haven't exactly been shining examples of the medical proffession. I did have one good one but he quit due to having to travel 2 hours to get to work. But yeah I'm sure it will all work out in the end. Im having a more positive outlook on the future most of the time now. Even though I am going a bit stir crazy here at home. Never getting to see anyone except family and doctors can take a bit of a toll on the psyche. But yeah there is no use in crying about it that wont fix anything.
I do hope that everyone had a great easter and that you all have a good continuation of the year.
I do hope that everyone had a great easter and that you all have a good continuation of the year.
My life was probably saved by getting away from the insane cunt of a stepmother who thought stuffing more pills down my throat was the answer to everything. I still wound up passing out, covered in my own vomit from alcohol, but at least I was facing things head-on, rather than trying to bury or deny their existence.
And yeah, I have no 1st hand insight on current state of the art psychological doctrines, but electroshock therapy is still greatly tainted by the old 1940s eugenics theories and more recent Asperger-Vaccines hysteria. I'll just say never think you yourself are worthless and leave it at that.