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surferchick wrote:

Hey Guys, I'm having a serious issue with my lingering psychosis. I've been in the hospital for a month now, and I was admitted on acute psychosis. So since then it has calmed down, but I still get residual psychosis almost everyday.

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Electroconvulsive Therapy Experiences

"I thought that my life was over, and I thought about all the different ways that I could die. I was in the hospital for over a month, until finally, a doctor suggested ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy). This was our last hope, since we tried all the medicines and nothing worked." Read about Sasha's experience with ECT, when you read the transcript.

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Burn Cycle

The part of bipolar that is "weird" to non-adherents... the part that is noticeable to others that you don't notice yourself since it's got to be observed from the outside... that part which is definitely not right about you... the part your masquerade can't conceal because it's bigger than the mask...

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