Posted by SLS on October 19, 2011, at 5:38:04
In reply to TMS - how long does it work for?, posted by psychobot5000 on October 19, 2011, at 0:37:05
Hi.
It's been awhile, hasn't it? Nice to see you.
To answer your question, I can only refer you to a poster who, at the time, was posting as "pfinstegg". This person went for maintenance treatments at intervals between 3-6 months. I have not heard from any source that TMS produced a persistent therapeutic effect for which no maintenance treatments were needed. It is like ECT in this regard.
- Scott> Hi all,
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> Today I spoke to some people about a course of transcranial magnetic stimulation which I am going to have. The practitioner was taken aback by my suggestion that, after the initial six-week course, done every day, I might come in for weekly or biweekly sessions to keep it working. The reason, I was told, was that TMS was a more or less permanent solution, that it was 'not like ECT' in that it wasn't temporary.
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> Any word on whether this could be true? I hadn't thought it was the case. What's the conventional thinking about TMS's efficacy after treatment is withdrawn? (I have major depressive disorder without ever achieving full remission--so far I've always needed to continue whatever treatment there is to maintain its efficacy)
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> Psychbot.
> PS- after an absence, it's good to see so many longtime posters still around here. Hope you're all well (or as well as can be expected) :)
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