TMS for depression and more | UCLA Health Newsroom 

It saved my life.

I am going through the treatments now, I am scared that it won’t help me...

@@pavlavecchione6193 Hi there, I am thinking of trying this treatment. How are you feeling at the moment? Has it helped you anyhow?

@@pavlavecchione6193 how's your treatment going?

@@laurieb3703 I've done 8 weeks of TMS therapy and the only thing I've noticed is increase in anxiety

You make some videos about TMS's procedures.

How do I qualify for your job?

I'm a kid who goes to a middle school names Tillicum middle School, or TMS, so the title is accurate

How do you figure out what spot of the brain to stimulate? Do you just assume everyone needs their DLPFC stimulate?

​@martinlutherkingjr.5582 they do a mapping of your brain to see where your brain is most underachieving due to depression and that's how they figure out where to target

Congratulations go glad it worked for you! Xxx

Remember to tell us how it went!

Jonathan Sullay They rejected me because I am bipolar and I was told that TMS is approved ONLY for major depression NOT bipolar. The doctor told me insurance would not pay for it. It was very disappointing. This happened to my sister and the doctor changed her diagnosis. The doctor I had would not budge.

@@joqiii3 I'm so sorry to hear that. Perhaps you could try electroconvulsive therapy?

Jonathan Sullay Possibly, but I would much prefer TMS. Thank you for your concern.

Have you checked out Genesight?

Wow,really? Did u get it on both sides?

Are you getting better, since you stopped?

@@securedebtagency Nope. It's never changed

How did it make you terrible?

@@guitarexpert2245 how many sessions did you do before you realized it was making you worse...?

@@deprofundis3293 20 I stopped. half way through it started.

Maybe you just didn't get positive results and the treatments gave you anxiety. Therefore your depression worsened due to the failure

it gave me severe anxiety too :(

Ugh, I'm scared now. Supposed to start tomorrow...

@@deprofundis3293 how have you been feeling? My gf is starting soon.. And I'm also scared for her

@deprofundis how is it going?

I start on ruesday. Would love to hear an update from you!

@@msviv3122 hi ! How TMS worked for you? I have started it 4 days ago. Tks

@KelpKibbler It absolutely did. Completely off my meds for over a year now. Maybe a little OCD has come back, but my doctor says that’s normal, and that I can come in for TMS touch ups. A few treatments here and there.

@KelpKibblerNone for me

@@jmuduke99 Thank goodness. I’m 14 and my mom is making me do this and its gotten me so nervous.

Worth a try, maybe?

I’m 14 and my mom is making me do this. If you started already did it help?

@@lambykin842 Nope, I have not started it yet.

@@cyberspacesupersoldier You should do it! I was diagnosed with Aspergers at the age of 16 and I have anxiety and depression and did 2 1/2 rounds of it. It really helped me!

@@mikjongsoo1798how are you now?

How are you now

I’m so sorry you are suffering right now, are you feeling any better these days?

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@@matthewjones7167 no,much worse. Nothing left.hoping a researcher reads thi5

​@@dystoniaify You should try contacting universities around you, there might be some researchers looking for people for clinical trials.

You should ho to a holistic doctors they do cure for sure trust me

UCLA didn’t invent TMS lmao. They’re just using it

@@xxIluvyouguysxx UMSC invented it. DR Mark Goerge.

I'm sorry you had to go through that. No one deserves to suffer at the hands of psych "hospitals:" and their barbaric treatment of us.

How did it go?

Have you tried to talk to Jesus Christ about it?

@@vitalygoji Yes

vitaly goji stfu

TMS is similar to MRI, both utilizing magnesium

@hhlol9477 Really? I've heard of tms but I didn't know it had anything to do with Magnesium

I thought ECT was seen as the last resort? Also, I don't think TMS is invasive.

Last resort because it’s expensive, the person might need it every six months for some cases, insurance doesn’t approve as the first option. The insurance wants records to see the patient tried medications and counseling first. So, it’s about the insurance.

What was the result for you?

Van Martin Won’t notice anything really until towards the end of the 6 week treatment program.

I start on tuesday. Would love it if you shared your progress!

Ms Viv Just finished my 36th and final treatment last week. I’ve definitely noticed a difference in my mood. The changes have been subtle, but they’re there. So now we’re looking at trying to taper off the meds. Good luck with yours - you’ll start to notice changes in mood maybe about halfway through the treatment program.

How are you now?

I'm curious as well. I start it tomorrow...did you do it? I'm a female with ADHD and depression/anxiety.

Mark JN II believe it’s worth because I’m been for two weeks there and a feel there is a change somehow

@@qu5774 come back in a. 4 years. 2 weeks or even 2 months or 2 years dont mean anything.

hazel D I finish my treatment I still sad have depression . I Believe it not working with every one .

@@qu5774 :(

@@qu5774Can I communicate with you please

Actually that's opposite

Typical medical model, treat the symptoms and not the root cause. Inflammation they say, causes nearly countless diseases.

Fresh Wes stupidest comment ive ever read. no. thats not how things work. maybe for you. but trust me when i say this, NO.

me among many others would probably be dead without mood medication.

what in total F did I just read.

You really know nothing about Clinical Depression. Clinical depression is an imbalance in the brain, it isn't like onset diabetes where you can control it with exercise and food monitoring. Sure the endorphins from exercising does help, but that help is very temporary, and not a cure. I have clinical depression, I also exercise 5 times a week, and yet I am in the middle of a 'crash' brought on by complex grief from the death of my mother who I was her caregiver 24/7. A crash that exercising cannot, and does not help relieve. Major Depressive episodes aren't something to be dismissed, that is how many people lose their lives to depression every year. They enter an episode and find people giving the advice you gave them, which fails to help in any way thus causing the episode to continue to spiral which leads to suicide. So I advise you, before you make comments such as the one you have think about the possible outcomes from such comments.

Thanks Tom cruise