I like the top pic without the short bangs if you don't want bangs...because you could always cut that one to look like the bottom pic if you decide you want it shorter but if you do it the other way it will have to grow some first.
Of course, they don't call it "shock treatment" anymore, they call it Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT). It's very unpleasant. The idea is, for reasons that doctors don't fully understand, applying an electric shock to the temples of a sedated patient, causes convulsions - when the patient wakes up, they supposedly have an elevated mood. It is generally a treatment of last resort for people with severe depression who have not responded well to medication.
That's me in a nutshell.
I had the treatments for about nine months, before they suddenly decided that it wasn't working. I was optimistic in the beginning, but eventually, it just became a weekly ritual. Side effects are severe headaches (there's a surprise!), disorientation and memory loss. There are a lot of things I don't remember from during the time I was in treatment, as well as certain things that happened even before I started treatment. They told me that the effect would be temporary, but my experience is that it was permanent.
After the failure of ECT for me, I have now exhausted all standard treatment regimens. The only thing left for me is an experimental treatment involving applying a massive electro-magnetic field directly to the frontal cortex (I think). I have yet to really look into it, but as usual, doctors are claiming that "this could be it - the miracle cure!"
It could be an allergy to brown rice or some other ingredient. It might even be something they used when they made it. Try another brand or try the soy or almond. But be aware that it's possible to be allergy to one or both of those as well. When my son was born, he was born with an allergy to both cow milk (SEVERE lactose intolerance) and soy milk. And this was before the new formulas for kids that were allergic to both
Here are a couple of links where they talk about either rice milk allergies or brown rice allergies. I hope this helps. - Justin
can't really help you with the sickness, but if you want some good vegan recipes check out http://justbento.com/ they aren't all vegan but a good portion of them are. Hope you feel better soon