Posted by deli on July 27, 2002, at 23:20:44
In reply to Re: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation anyone?, posted by LostBoyinNC1 on July 27, 2002, at 21:27:02
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> I dont know where your Pdoc got his info from, but the research on rTMS for severe depression is NOT promising. At least not compared to conventional ECT. I had rTMS in a clinical trial and it has some mild AD effects but it was nothing great. No side effects, but not a good AD effect either.
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> The good thing about the study is you will get a lot of expensive medical testing done you otherwise wouldnt get. You will get a great free physical out of it. If you dont have to travel and stuff it might be worth it just for that. However, if you have to travel, pay hotel expenses, Id recommend forgetting about rTMS and just going and having old fashioned ECT instead.
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> ECT results are more dramatic and nothing creates a full remission better than bilateral or bifrontal ECT. Nothing works better on psychotic depression, severe post partum depression or manic depression than ECT.
>Well, I really thought so. I am more in it for the physical. My meds are beginning to work and I am beginning to feel better so I am really not as bad as I was a month ago. I have never had to resort to ECT yet. (keep my fingers crossed)But I think, if I go through yet another episode, I may just need it, because they just get more brutal with time.
I haven't made up my mind completely. I think once I have my appointment with the research doctor, I will decide. Thank you for your reply!!
Deli;)
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