I started doing TMS 2.5 years ago. I noticed immediately that I felt much worse for the first few weeks before I would start going up and then level out. I felt better than I had in decades. We figured out that going M, W & F worked best or I would get headaches. We added the anxiety protocol because I was getting anxious and amped up. I’m in L.A. It’s only covered for 30 base sessions and 6 tapers. We do 3x a week and then twice until the last 4. Then once a week. I feel much better but always hit a wall about 5-6 weeks after treatments. Then my depression is horrible. My dr forces me to wait 3 months before he diagnoses me with another depressive episode and can justify ordering another 36 sessions. I’m miserable the first month, significantly better for 3, and then bad for 3. I feel like as long as I could go once a week or twice on a bad week, that I could return to a normal and productive work. It’s tragic that the treatments are regulated like this. It’s like finally finding a medication that works and only taking it for a few months and having taken away. Ridiculous and cruel. I have a brain injury from hypercortisolism caused by a benign pituitary tumor. I have some cognitive issues as well. My clinic treats a lot of patients with cognitive issues. They also have a language and memory protocol. It actually works, too! I’m not sure which machine they use but they only spend 30 seconds to a couple of mins in each region. Unfortunately, I moved about an hour away and haven’t been for 4-5 months and I feel horrible. I can’t a local provider. I did try a session with Spravato thinking that if it worked, it wouldn’t be cut off. The dr can determine if you need to continue or how often you need a tuneup. I only went once because of Covid. I can see the potential for it working. I’m thinking about going back now. Thanks for your video! People should definitely not fear TMS. Give it a try!
I’ve had 25 sessions and I don’t feel much better than anti-depressants. I am totally disappointed right now. Yet I am dealing with very new companies and I wonder if I need to be evaluated by someone with more experience. Who wants to do ECT? Drug augmentation and outside methods who hasn’t already tried that and it didn’t work or you wouldn’t b doing TMS. I feel so hopeless to get out of this place
I had a baby a tread I ago. Before then I didn’t have depression or anxiety.. now it’s like I have anxiety bad depression and severe dissociation 24/7. I even tried to take my life. I’m just out of answers. I will try tms and pray that it works!
I did 36 sessions about 4-6 months ago & I’m convinced it’s a hoax. It hurt so bad & was hell to get through yet I’m still mentally & emotionally broken after it. It didn’t fix or improve shit, in fact it might’ve only made things worse. Sick & sad.
I got worse from tms. I believe it did damage to my brain. Electricity applied to the brain's neurons damages some of those neurons. It is no different than ECT in that regard. It got so bad that I had to quit after 33 treatments. I will not try that again. It was bad medicine for me ...
Been hanging in there for more than 20 years I’ve tried all kinds of meds including Tms nothing has gotten better in fact im much worse I can’t do this anymore im sick of meds treatments my mind and body is tired im really at the point of giving up this mental illness has stopped my life im done
Tms I I committed my time and prepared for it mentally but I can see TMS did not work for me. It actually make me feel worse I’m having worse, depression and anxiety than before. I don’t know what else to do.
iTBS can sometimes work in patients who didn’t respond to standard rTMS. There’s supposedly a way to predict this via QEEG. Everything I’ve seen indicates response to accelerated treatment is equivalent to 5 sessions per week. The only concern I would have is whether the patient can determine during such a rapid treatment whether they’re experiencing placebo or effects of TMS before the treatment is over incase changes in treatment need to be made. Seems like accelerated treatment of 5-7 sessions per day is more suitable when you’ve already had success with a particular TMS protocol in the past so you don’t waste as much time driving every day but insurance doesn’t cover it as far as I can tell.
'Handedness' is a function of motor dominance, which is to say that your brain isn't 'reversed' or 'backwards' compared to other people.. TMS doesn't directly affect the motor areas of your brain, so I would not expect any differences in treatment. (I'm left-handed, and hoping to start TMS sometime in the near future)
I’m 22 sessions in and the only result is my bank account is sadder
36 sessions, wiped out my savings account.
I started doing TMS 2.5 years ago. I noticed immediately that I felt much worse for the first few weeks before I would start going up and then level out. I felt better than I had in decades. We figured out that going M, W & F worked best or I would get headaches. We added the anxiety protocol because I was getting anxious and amped up. I’m in L.A. It’s only covered for 30 base sessions and 6 tapers. We do 3x a week and then twice until the last 4. Then once a week. I feel much better but always hit a wall about 5-6 weeks after treatments. Then my depression is horrible. My dr forces me to wait 3 months before he diagnoses me with another depressive episode and can justify ordering another 36 sessions. I’m miserable the first month, significantly better for 3, and then bad for 3. I feel like as long as I could go once a week or twice on a bad week, that I could return to a normal and productive work. It’s tragic that the treatments are regulated like this. It’s like finally finding a medication that works and only taking it for a few months and having taken away. Ridiculous and cruel.
I have a brain injury from hypercortisolism caused by a benign pituitary tumor. I have some cognitive issues as well. My clinic treats a lot of patients with cognitive issues. They also have a language and memory protocol. It actually works, too! I’m not sure which machine they use but they only spend 30 seconds to a couple of mins in each region. Unfortunately, I moved about an hour away and haven’t been for 4-5 months and I feel horrible. I can’t a local provider. I did try a session with Spravato thinking that if it worked, it wouldn’t be cut off. The dr can determine if you need to continue or how often you need a tuneup. I only went once because of Covid. I can see the potential for it working. I’m thinking about going back now.
Thanks for your video! People should definitely not fear TMS. Give it a try!
I’ve had 25 sessions and I don’t feel much better than anti-depressants. I am totally disappointed right now. Yet I am dealing with very new companies and I wonder if I need to be evaluated by someone with more experience. Who wants to do ECT? Drug augmentation and outside methods who hasn’t already tried that and it didn’t work or you wouldn’t b doing TMS. I feel so hopeless to get out of this place
I had a baby a tread I ago. Before then I didn’t have depression or anxiety.. now it’s like I have anxiety bad depression and severe dissociation 24/7. I even tried to take my life. I’m just out of answers. I will try tms and pray that it works!
Thanks for this information because my treatment is not working
It's not working for me either
36 sessions, wiped out my savings account.
Doesn't do a bloddy thing. Makes things worse!
They never do, I had to go for natural remedy psychedelic mushroom to be precise and it was the best decision I made to cure my depression and anxiety
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I've used a tDCS device and it has helped me. It seems a very similar type of therapy to TMS.
I did 36 sessions about 4-6 months ago & I’m convinced it’s a hoax. It hurt so bad & was hell to get through yet I’m still mentally & emotionally broken after it. It didn’t fix or improve shit, in fact it might’ve only made things worse. Sick & sad.
36 sessions, wiped out my savings account.
I got worse from tms. I believe it did damage to my brain. Electricity applied to the brain's neurons damages some of those neurons. It is no different than ECT in that regard. It got so bad that I had to quit after 33 treatments. I will not try that again. It was bad medicine for me ...
I'm sorry to hear this. I had one ECT session and it just traumatized me more. I was thinking about TMS but nobody wants to tell the bad experiences.
What about if and wen t.m.s.does not help with o.c.d. suffers?
Been hanging in there for more than 20 years I’ve tried all kinds of meds including Tms nothing has gotten better in fact im much worse I can’t do this anymore im sick of meds treatments my mind and body is tired im really at the point of giving up this mental illness has stopped my life im done
One more day. Hang in there one more day. Then tomorrow, hang in there for one more day.
ECT?
I just had my TMS consult. I can't listen to this, the music playing in the background when she's talking is annoying and distracting.
Gracias por esta información
Tms I I committed my time and prepared for it mentally but I can see TMS did not work for me. It actually make me feel worse I’m having worse, depression and anxiety than before. I don’t know what else to do.
Any thoughts on accelerated TMS with theta burst? Thanks for the optimism
iTBS can sometimes work in patients who didn’t respond to standard rTMS. There’s supposedly a way to predict this via QEEG. Everything I’ve seen indicates response to accelerated treatment is equivalent to 5 sessions per week. The only concern I would have is whether the patient can determine during such a rapid treatment whether they’re experiencing placebo or effects of TMS before the treatment is over incase changes in treatment need to be made. Seems like accelerated treatment of 5-7 sessions per day is more suitable when you’ve already had success with a particular TMS protocol in the past so you don’t waste as much time driving every day but insurance doesn’t cover it as far as I can tell.
Do you handle left-handed patients differently?
'Handedness' is a function of motor dominance, which is to say that your brain isn't 'reversed' or 'backwards' compared to other people.. TMS doesn't directly affect the motor areas of your brain, so I would not expect any differences in treatment. (I'm left-handed, and hoping to start TMS sometime in the near future)
About to start first session of TMS. Would I get better results if I do CBD at the same time for anxiety control?
Does TMS work for cluster headaches?
They never do, I had to go for natural remedy psychedelic mushroom to be precise and it was the best decision I made to cure my depression and anxiety
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