Yep. Some of them will even come over from the other side of the PACU to check out what socks I've got
PurpleBadger9
joined 1 year ago
I've been getting maintenance ketamine treatments for around 2 years or so. I haven't done therapy during one of the treatments, but I imagine that would be very nice.
For me, it feels kinda similar to being drunk. I've never done recreational drugs aside from alcohol in college, so I don't have much to compare it to. Some people get nauseous. Some folks feel like they aren't real or sort of weird. It depends on the person. Just make sure your vitals are being monitored because the blood pressure spike can be pretty intense if you already have hypertension.
What works best for me when I'm in a panic is slow deep breaths in followed by a slow exhale. I always forgot about slowing down the exhale, but it's really important. I started wearing a necklace that's hollow like a straw to help when I'm too freaked out to force myself to do it.
Another tool I learned in counseling is going 5-4-3-2-1 through my senses. 5 things I can see, 4 things I can hear, 3 things I can touch, 2 things I can smell, 1 thing I can taste. You can mix up the senses if you want, and I don't always get through the whole thing, but the act of looking for and naming things I can sense seems to help calm me down. It's a pretty common grounding technique for disassociation.
- Accessible & free public transportation options
- Mixed zoning, so places where people work/eat/shop/etc. can be near where they live
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The nurse let me put a Pikachu sticker on the ECT equipment bin. I think it brings a little humor to the PACU
(lemmy.world)
I get regular maintenance ECT treatments for my depression, and have been for quite some time. I tend to cope with my pre-treatment anxiety with humor, so one time I brought a Pikachu sticker to see if they'd let me out it somewhere on the ECT cart.
P.S. If anyone's curious about a patient perspective on ECT I'm open to questions.
My dog was being a bad boy, so we decided to dress him up as a bad boy
He loves wearing clothes and usually behaves once we put a sweater on him. We wanted to mix it up with his little jacket. My boyfriend wants to add some little studs to make it more punk
Absolutely. I get ECT treatments, where they use electricity to induce a seizure. When you're seizing, usually the only thing that moves is your toes. So what do I do, when my trratment happens to fall on April Fools Day? Superglue googly eyes to my toes so they boggle around as I twitch ๐๐๐๐๐ On normal days I wear goofy socks, usually matching some kind of theme for the nearest holiday or season.
I also brought in a Pikachu sticker to try and put on the ECT machine. I couldn't get away with that, but they did let me put it on the equipment bin that goes along with the machine and the cart it's on. It lightens the mood a bit.