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Posted by Dan Perkins on December 20, 2004, at 19:57:18
Just completed 30 treatments of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression and I have experienced absolutely no change in my mood. Treatments were about 40 minutes each, 5 days a week for a period of 6 weeks.
It was a painful dud.
Posted by linkadge on December 20, 2004, at 19:59:35
In reply to rTMS - didn't work for me, posted by Dan Perkins on December 20, 2004, at 19:57:18
Sorry to hear that.
Linkadge
Posted by ravenstorm on December 20, 2004, at 21:08:07
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me, posted by linkadge on December 20, 2004, at 19:59:35
I'm so sorry it didn't work for you. Well, at least you didn't pay for it (monetarily). . .that would have been adding insult to injury. Hang in there!
Posted by SLS on December 21, 2004, at 6:46:40
In reply to rTMS - didn't work for me, posted by Dan Perkins on December 20, 2004, at 19:57:18
> Just completed 30 treatments of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression and I have experienced absolutely no change in my mood.
Sorry to here that. That really stinks.
Had you ever tried ECT?
I had a course of 15 ECT treatments in 1991 that failed to help me. I'm trying to determine if this represents an index to non-response to rTMS.
What's next for you?
- Scott
Posted by Dan Perkins on December 22, 2004, at 13:51:11
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me » Dan Perkins, posted by SLS on December 21, 2004, at 6:46:40
I've never had ECT and am not near ready to try it at this point. I have no idea if non-response to ECT correlates to non-response to rTMS, but it does seem reasonable to think that there might be some correlation.
I don't want to be overly negative about rTMS at this point because I have heard of a few people (albeit a small minority) responding well to it. I do think they still have a lot to figure out about rTMS before it becomes a useful treatment in the general population.
Next up for me is Tryptophan. If that doesn't work, I'm going to go back to Parnate.
> Had you ever tried ECT?
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> I had a course of 15 ECT treatments in 1991 that failed to help me. I'm trying to determine if this represents an index to non-response to rTMS.
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> What's next for you?
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> - Scott
Posted by SLS on December 22, 2004, at 19:33:15
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me, posted by Dan Perkins on December 22, 2004, at 13:51:11
> Next up for me is Tryptophan. If that doesn't work, I'm going to go back to Parnate.
Good luck.
Thanks for responding.
- Scott
Posted by jerrympls on December 23, 2004, at 17:49:00
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me, posted by Dan Perkins on December 22, 2004, at 13:51:11
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> Next up for me is Tryptophan. If that doesn't work, I'm going to go back to Parnate.
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Can one get tryptophan in the US??
Posted by Dan Perkins on December 23, 2004, at 22:16:25
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me » Dan Perkins, posted by jerrympls on December 23, 2004, at 17:49:00
Yes, it is legal again. It is a big topic of conversation on the Alternative section of this website.
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> Can one get tryptophan in the US??
Posted by jerrympls on December 24, 2004, at 0:29:16
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me, posted by Dan Perkins on December 23, 2004, at 22:16:25
> Yes, it is legal again. It is a big topic of conversation on the Alternative section of this website.
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> > Can one get tryptophan in the US??
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>When did this happen? Is it being usedd for depression/anxiety AND insomnia?? And is it Rx or OTC?
Thanks!
Jerry
Posted by ravenstorm on December 24, 2004, at 13:46:02
In reply to Re: rTMS - didn't work for me » Dan Perkins, posted by jerrympls on December 24, 2004, at 0:29:16
Tryptophan can be purchased on Julia Ross's website (She wrote the mood cure) and at the Health Recovery site from the woman who wrote some book about depression/anxiety free naturally. She has a clinic in the twin cities. Just a caution. My husband got totally entranced by these books/systems and by Peter Bregin and became unmercifull in his pressure to get me off the last tiny bit of paxil I took to keep from going through withdrawal.
The final withdrawal and foray into the "natural" cures have left me 15months later with a brain that is not functioning and a stomach that can no longer take the med type that worked so well for me (SSRI's). 5-htp entirely destroyed my sensitive stomach, to the point that I could no longer take prozac (which I could take before 5-htp).
For some people these supplements are a godsend, but my husbands view that they were the only answer, and these books views that these natural supplements are side effect free (Bull!) have left me without a life. Please proceed with caution. Don't trust anyone who claims to have all the answers (and that includes drug companys as well as supplement pushers)
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