Hi. For those who don’t already know me, I’m Tanya, and I’ve struggled with treatment-resistant Anxiety and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) since I was 10 years old. On February 8th, I had to make the difficult decision to commit myself to a psychiatric hospital for intensive treatment. At that point, it was decided by my treatment team that I need to go to the next step in my battle with these diseases.

As a result, I began ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy, aka “shock therapy”). It does seem to be helping, but not without a cost. While my insurance covers the treatment, it doesn’t cover my missed wages while I’ve been (and will be) off work. I got out of the hospital today (3/1/25… after 3 weeks of hospitalization), but I can’t go back to work for another 3.5 weeks because of my outpatient treatment schedule.

By the time this is said and done, I will be missing 4 weeks of pay. Unfortunately, I don’t have any savings to cover it. I’ve been able to scrape together some money, but I could really use the help of my support system. If you could pitch in… any amount… that would be so greatly appreciated.