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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
  • Electro Convulsive Therapy - they literally shock your brain at high voltages for 10-15 minutes a few times per session.

    In my opinion, its extremely under-studied and over prescribed. It should be a completely last ditch attempt extreme cases of treatment resistant depression.

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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
  • My wife had several ECT treatments over the last few years and is now a completely different person. Depression is alleviated, but we both agree that cognitively she’s worse off than she was before.

    Fuck that shit.

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    First world problems
  • I’m in the same boat, but am realizing that I do miss the conversations around the hype train. When you play a game that came out several years ago, it’s harder to have a conversation about it.

    Still trying to find that happy medium, but not buy games I won’t play.

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    Never forget: You are not replaceable for your family!
  • The difficult part is that I’m not working late by choice, but by obligation. I don’t want my family to remember me losing my job and any downstream effects from that.

    Luckily there’s only a few weeks per year that are crunch time and require me to stay late.

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