Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

[TickTockMan]

Has anyone here have any experience with transcranial magnetic stimulation. My mental health doctor has brought it up to me. I am in the research period right now.


Please let me know what you think.


https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcranial-magnetic-stimulation/about/pac-20384625

 

[KaraBulut]

It's safe and non-invasive. When you hear about the concept, it does sound a bit voodoo-y but there's solid research that shows that it is as effective as antidepressant medications and it seems to benefit the same population that respond to ECT.

Similar promising controlled studies are being done with ketamine and psychedelic agents like LSD and psilocybin.

 

[TickTockMan]

Thank you.

 

[TickTockMan]

So I have have been doing TMS for 3 weeks now. The RN that runs the places says he thinks it is not the TMS, but my scores are already 50% of what they were which is beyond great at this point. I have about 3 more weeks to go. I had to give up most caffeine to do TMS. The RN thinks that is why I am feeling so much better.


So far the only draw back has been that the first 2 weeks I would be fine, then I would be starving out of nowhere. Also fatigue has been a bitch to deal with. I need a long nap each day I do TMS. It makes me sleepy as well as slow thinking. I stumble when thinking and talking until I nap.


I recommend all with severe depression to ask their mental health doctor about treatment.



PS It is only FDA approved right now for depression, but I feel it is helping with a few things. It reawakens a part of the brain that has went dormant because of depression. It can unofficially help with anything that part of the brain helps to do.