Suffering from depression and wishing to be dead, the author realizes she has to stick around to take care of her kids. But every day is tough for this single mother who would rather be dead. She checks in with her doctor and is referred to a new experimental treatment. Instead of electroshock therapy, a new protocol of inducing a coma like state for 15+ minutes is thought to have similar effects. The author is the third candidate accepted for the trial. She gets 10 treatments using anesthesia medications that are stronger than used to do surgery on patients...so something close to brain dead. This memoir recounts the time before, during and immediately after the treatment. Read by the author, this a powerful memoir.
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