Maggie Maybe<p>I was going to boycott Time Magazine but this article about people being put in psychiatric wards for having Long Covid or MECFS symptoms is worth reading.</p><p>I cried for the woman in Massachusetts. That almost happened to me.</p><p>When I came back east from LA in 2014 my PCP in NH threatened me with ECT if I continued to complain about fatigue. I was terrified & I immediately got a new doctor but it took forever to get the slander out of my medical records. </p><p> I’m not exaggerating when I say it took years before I could think about how close I came to letting someone permanently destroy my life without having an anxiety attack about it. I can’t even imagine the amount of PEM that would follow ECT. I would never be able to get help at the hospital again for any kind of physical ailment that can’t be seen with tests. And I definitely wouldn’t have sought treatment ever again.</p><p>I also really appreciate that this article mentions how those depression screenings that PCP‘s offices will do are inappropriate for people with chronic illness.</p><p><a href="https://time.com/7206080/long-covid-psychiatric-wards/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7206080/long-covid-ps</span><span class="invisible">ychiatric-wards/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MECFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECFS</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/forcedPsychiatry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forcedPsychiatry</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ECT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECT</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/timeMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timeMagazine</span></a></p>