I’ve started treatment with this. My health insurance approved it because I’ve had numerous failed medications. I finished #7 so far. I am doing so much more than I have done in a very long time.
Yes this treatment works for many, but to say it’s safer and noninvasive is not accurate. I had the treatment, and since I’ve experienced a much deeper depression including suicidal ideation. I also have concentration issues, mood fluctuations, and anxiety attacks in certain social situations. I had none of this prior to TMS. There’s others who have experienced similar or different symptoms that have really negatively impacted their lives. It’s been 7 months since last treatment and pray that I can regain some of my brain back.
I had 20 treatments of tms which is standard protocol,i live in tasmania Australia and had it done in a hospital called st helens in hobart..i suffer terrible depression because of chronic pain[fibromyalgia]. Tms didn't do a thing for me,but in saying that i met people who it did..it tends to work on younger people and brain plasticity..long term depression is harder to treat..this was about 2 y ago and i'm seeing the same psych again and he cannot believe how much worse my depression is..chronic pain and depression are comorbid conditions.
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I went through with this. The psychiatrist at the treatment center diagnosed me with depression with manic features, or something like that. Any way I've gone through the treatment and they have really worked! I feel like a functional human. I'm still on my lamictal, but I'm ok with that. I hope I can sustain this state of being. I spent so much time in a depressed state... There is a light at the end of the tunnel, I swear.
@@garysimone4977 doing ok. We went through a ton of life changes that threw me off kilter really bad, but I was able to come back. Honestly, I could use a follow-up treatment, as the cycles are slowly creeping back. But my new insurance doesn't cover it. Heck, they barely cover my meds!
For answer about "What are the side effects of TMS?" watch minute 17:33 - 19:08 TMS treatment doe not necessarily wear off but a patient may need a refresher or a few maintenance treatments at some point. Others may not. Be well!
Have there ever been trials using LSD during TMS? My understanding is that one effect of LSD is neural plasticity. Could the plasticity combined with the TMS catalyze the treatment for faster results?
You look up trails on the clinicaltrails.gov. It will come up with a place to put in the condition , other terms ( put in TMS), and then your county. If you find one in your country, click on it and it will tell you what the inclusion criteria are (if you qualify for this study) and it will provide a contact person towards the bottom of page. Good luck.
What is the likelihood of consistent relapses? I am looking to get this done, but would have to travel overseas and stay in a hotel for 6 weeks as they don't offer this in the country I live. If I have to keep coming up to Boston every 6 months, this is not super realistic for me.
Can someone get TMS if they had a history of seizures? None of the meds worked for me for my depression or anxiety. My doctor turned me down for TMS said no because I had seizures in the past. I really want to get TMS I feel like that might be life changing thats why need a second opinion.
I was born with Spina Biffida/Hydrocephalus and have a VP shunt in the right side of my head. I'm nearly 41 and it hasn't been replaced since 1979 (and may very well have become nonfunctional. I've never had symptoms of malfunction).. My local psychiatrist wants to put me on TMS and I'm very amenable to it but the concern is that there may be metallic components within the shunt. Has your clinic done TMS on patients with similar circumstances? I was told that the shunt may preclude it because of metallic components (potentially). I have no way to check this because the Neuro who did it has passed on and I have no idea where his case load went to. Suggestions?
What's the difference between Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) and Cranial Electro Stimulation (CES)? Are they the same?
TMS can target a very specific area, while tDCS targets a bigger area so it's harder to target one area, but you rather target a bigger region. I think a more familiar term for CES is tACS (transcranial alternating current stimulation), it's similar to tDCS, but instead of constantly exciting one area and inhibiting another, the current switches at a certain frequency. I'd say TMS is the most promising for treatments (theoretically it could be amazing for a wide variety of treatments but there is a high need for more research into less generic things), but it's also more expensive.
I'm.on disability so I get blue Cross blue shield ...through the state so t dint think i could do it. It's six treatment s.probably charge me 1000 dollars
If you want insurance to pay you have to have tried medications first. If you want to pay out of pocket you probably could get it. It is very expensive. Around $6,000 for the whole 30 treatments, but if you aren't responding, you stop after 2 weeks.
Hello i want to ask could this treatment help with HPPD? it's like bipolar,depression,anxiety,panic attacks and something like that which was made of lsd?
Yes, it is FDA approved in the US, so it is covered by insurance forOCD. There are studies in progress for other conditions, but until they are approved insurance won't pay for it. So for it is approved for depression, OCD, and anxiety. Think that includes PTSD. It is being studied for Tourette's, fibromyalgia, and some other conditions as well. It is a different machine for OCD than the one for depression, it is the same machine but targets a different frequency, I think. My son just started it for OCD and anxiety, but he also has Tourette's, so I am hoping it helps that too.
im from argentina, and here i only know one place to make this treatment in buenos aires, for me now is very expensive to do this, the cost of all is 70000 pesos argentinos which means 1890 dolars here. my psyquiatra doesnt know about this treatment because it not known inoff or its very knew , so i decide to explain all this but he not trust or doubt about tms, he thought that maybe tms is a fraud ... so can any body tellme when can i search for a official information about tms to offer to my doctor this ? sorry for my english ja
Search for papers about rTMS as treatment for depression (on google scholar for example). I have to say, currently TMS is a treatment that's used mainly when medication doesn't have the wanted effects.