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What next?

19th January 202319th January 20237 Comments on What next?

I have written very little in the last few months, as I’ve been quite unwell. Even I realise this, something which suggests rare and blossoming insight – although it may evaporate as soon as normality returns, who knows. But things have been hard. My mood has been very low, my beliefs about myself and my…

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ECT – what I feel

5th July 20225th July 20221 Comment on ECT – what I feel

The experience of having ECT has always been frightening for me, though – going through that door - repeatedly - to a place I can never really remember.

The effects of ECT

26th April 202126th April 20213 Comments on The effects of ECT

I have always written fairly confidently that ECT has not caused me any brain damage. I have had around 70 treatments in total, over nearly 30 years, and during that time I have – mostly – lived a full life, sitting professional exams and postgraduate degrees, and working as a psychiatrist. I have nothing to…

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Remembering ECT

21st July 202025th October 2020Leave a Comment on Remembering ECT

I try not to think about ECT too much, but I have been quite open about having had it, and, given that I work as a psychiatrist, there are inevitable reminders. I don’t think that I will ever be able to dwell on it without a degree of inquietude, and there are various reasons for…

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The problem with treatment

22nd July 20196th October 20191 Comment on The problem with treatment

My brain has been somewhat exercised of late, both by my own internal wrangles about psychiatric treatments and by various online debates, particularly about ECT. These debates often seem to be moral and emotional in nature, making it particularly hard to contribute or indeed come to any conclusions. I am someone with a very precarious…

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