Posted by OldSchool on March 18, 2002, at 21:33:27
In reply to Re: Magnetic mattresses anyone???, posted by Joy on March 17, 2002, at 11:19:50
> Salesman say anything. There may be some people that have injuries that magnets MAY help, but I tried the top of the line for 2 weeks and found no difference at all. Then they tell you some people feel better in one or two days, but it may take longer for others. [They have to tell you that if you've been sleeping on it two or three weeks with no results]. I am a bit skeptical. If it really worked great, everybody would be sleeping on them or using the magnets and word of mouth would cause a tremendous demand for the product. I don't see that at all. Don't mean to be negative; but I was disappointed myself.
> JoyI was in the rTMS clinical trials several years ago. If you are familiar with that, you will know that rTMS is high potency magnet stimulation for depression. It was somewhat effective, kinda sorta. Not like ECT is effective though. I could feel an AD effect as soon as the doc fired that magnet burst into my forehead...actually felt good just didnt last very long.
As far as a magnetic mattress...I am very skeptical of that sort of thing and would be VERY skeptical of any alternative medicine treatment using magnets. I have read about a few industrious individuals with severe depression who went thru the trouble of buying a real high strength magnet and fixing it over their bed so it is over their forehead all night long as they sleep. Thats quite drastic and unconventional...I seriously doubt it would work. But who knows, maybe if you got an industrial strength magnet from a science supply store or something. I shouldnt even write this, some crazy individual will read this and try to do it.
Have you ever read about air ionizers for depression? You can buy these air ionizer machines and put them in your bedroom. Its a machine that kind of stimulates how the air gets in a thunderstorm, with electrically charged particles in the air. I read about this in a book called "Beyond Prozac."
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