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The Valedictorian of Being Dead - The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live (Hardcover)
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The Valedictorian of Being Dead - The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live (Hardcover)
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From New York Times bestselling author and blogger Heather B.
Armstrong comes an honest and irreverent memoir-reminiscent of the
New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire-about her experience as one
of only a few people to participate in an experimental treatment
for depression involving ten rounds of a chemically induced coma
approximating brain death. For years, Heather B. Armstrong has
alluded to her struggle with depression on her website, dooce. It's
scattered throughout her archive, where it weaves its way through
posts about pop culture, music, and motherhood. But in 2016,
Heather found herself in the depths of a depression she just
couldn't shake, an episode darker and longer than anything she had
previously experienced. She had never felt so discouraged by the
thought of waking up in the morning, and it threatened to destroy
her life. So, for the sake of herself and her family, Heather
decided to risk it all by participating in an experimental clinical
trial involving a chemically induced coma approximating brain
death. Now, for the first time, Heather recalls the torturous
eighteen months of suicidal depression she endured and the
month-long experimental study in which doctors used propofol
anesthesia to quiet all brain activity for a full fifteen minutes
before bringing her back from a flatline. Ten times. The experience
wasn't easy. Not for Heather or her family. But a switch was
flipped, and Heather hasn't experienced a single moment of suicidal
depression since. Disarmingly honest, self-deprecating, and
scientifically fascinating, The Valedictorian of Being Dead brings
to light a groundbreaking new treatment for depression.
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