Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 1071

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Anyone - Info on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Posted by LT on November 4, 1998, at 14:50:51

I posted on 10-25 to Dr. Bob with no response. Does anyone know about TMS research other than on the east coast? This sounds like an exciting alternative to ECT!! I did have an appointment with a Dr. who said I was a candidate for ECT, but did not have much info on TMS. I started Celexa today after a 10 day wash out period of Prozac. I have been on numerous antidepressants for the last 10 years and would like to find out more about TMS before I venture into ECT. Of course, I'm hoping the Celexa will be the miracle drug that won't "poop out" like all of the others!!

 

Re: Info on TMS

Posted by Toby on November 5, 1998, at 10:22:13

In reply to Anyone - Info on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, posted by LT on November 4, 1998, at 14:50:51

I couldn't find anything on TMS studies anywhere but the east coast. However, I have a number for the research center in Bethesda, Maryland and they may be able to give you information on studies being done elsewhere. It's the Patient Recruitment Center, 1-800-411-1222.

 

TMS sites

Posted by carter on November 11, 1998, at 17:53:27

In reply to Re: Info on TMS, posted by Toby on November 5, 1998, at 10:22:13

Bethesda, MD: TMS Patient Recruitment Center, 1-800-411-1222.

Alvaro’s List:
LT:

I've had TMS here in Boston; didn't help me then but that was a one-size-fits-all treatment. I'm going back in January for a customized course of TMS which is more promising. Here is a list of TMS sites given me by Dr. Pascual-Leone; I'd also call his office at Beth Israel here; he and his assts are very friendly and helpful. Good luck!

Enclosed please find a list of some of the centers around the US that are currently recruiting patients for studies using repetitive TMS.

This list was compiled based on the responses from the
investigators to an e-mail message through a TMS-Listserver from the
International Society for Transcranial Stimulation (ISTS). It is
likely that the list is incomplete and that other sites around the
nation might be recruiting patients for different TMS studies.

(last update July 21, 1998)


Emory
University

Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital

William M. McDonald, MD & Charles Epstein, MD

Contact person is Autumn Clark 404-728-4558.

1821 Clifton Road, NE

Atlanta, GA 30329-5102

tel.: 404-728-6412 fax 728-6269


Bethesda, MD

Adult OCD Research Unit; NIMH

Benjamin D. Greenberg, MD, PhD: Director

Bldg 10/3D41; Bethesda MD 20892-1264

tel. 301/496-3421 fax. 301/402-0188


Office of the Clinical Director, NIH

Eric Wassermann, MD; Director

Bldg 10/5N402; Bethesda MD 20892

tel. 301/496-0151 fax. 301/402-0188


Biological Psychiatry Branch; NIMH

Robert M. Post, MD, Director

Bldg 10, Rm 3N212; Bethesda MD 20892

Contact: Jennifer D. Repella

tel. 301/402-2946 fax. 301/402-0052

e-mail:
Jennifer.Repella@nih.gov

Dr. Andrew Speer

tel. 301/496-6825 fax. 301/402-0052

email:
speera@intra.nimh.nih.gov

Laboratory
for Magnetic Brain Stimulation

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School

Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., Director

330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

contract person: Zoe Stinchfield

tel. 617-667 02 03 fax. 617-975 53 22

e-mail: TMS@bidmc.harvard.edu

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Functional Neuroimaging Division and Magnetic Brain Stimulation
Laboratory

Mark S. George, MD

Contact: Dr. Zid Nahas or Monica Molloy

171 Ashley Avenue

Charleston, SC 29425

tel.: 803 792 5719 fax.: 803 792 9503


University of Iowa

Sergio Paradiso M.D., Ph.D.

Psychiatry Research

Iowa City IA 52241

voice: (319)353-4446

fax: (319)353-3003

e-mail: sergio-paradiso@uiowa.edu


New Haven, CT

Yale University School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

Connecticut Mental Health Center/CNRU

Robert Berman, M.D.; Alexander P. Miano M.D.

34 Park St.

New Haven,CT 06519

http://info.med.yale.edu/psych/cnru/welcome.html


New York, NY

Columbia University

Department of Biological Psychiatry

Dr. Harold Sackeim, Director

722 West 168th St, Unit 72

New York, NY 10032

tel.: (212) 960-5855

e-mail: has1@columbia.edu


Orlando, FL

Orlando Regional Medical Center

Eduard Gfeller, M.D., Director

Contact person: Rhonda Malina, ARNP 407 262-2220

email
eduardg@orhs.org



The University of Pennsylvania

Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Dr. Martin P. Szuba, Director

Dan Knight, RN, Study Coordinator

3600 Market St., 8th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19104

tel.: (215) 898-4301

e-mail: dknight@psychpo.psychnet.psypharm.upenn.edu


University of Washington School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

David Avery, M.D

Harborview Medical Center, Box 359896

325 9th Ave

Seattle, WA 98104

Telephone 206-731-4527

Fax: 206-731-8615

e-mail: averydh@u.washington.edu

You may also want to check out these web-sites:

http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/healthsci/TMSresrc.html

http://www.ists.unibe.ch

Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD

Director, Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation

Associate Professor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

330 Brookline Ave, KS 452

Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.


TEL: 1-617-667-0203

FAX: 1-617-975-5322

e-mail: apleone@bidmc.harvard.edu


 

Trade you for celexa info

Posted by carter on November 11, 1998, at 17:57:55

In reply to Anyone - Info on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, posted by LT on November 4, 1998, at 14:50:51

LT:

Hope the TMS site info is helpful. I'd like to hear about your experience w/ Celexa as you go along, if you don't mind; I haven't been able to tolerate any SSRIs but my current meds don't address serotonin, and I'm considering Celexa.

Thanks,

carter

 

Re: Trade you for celexa info

Posted by LT on November 11, 1998, at 19:41:01

In reply to Trade you for celexa info, posted by carter on November 11, 1998, at 17:57:55

> LT:
> Hope the TMS site info is helpful. I'd like to hear about your experience w/ Celexa as you go along, if you don't mind; I haven't been able to tolerate any SSRIs but my current meds don't address serotonin, and I'm considering Celexa.
> Thanks,
> carter
Carter, thank you very much for the info, I will definitely check into it further. This is my 7th day on Celexa, I think i'm at a point where I have less & less Prozac in my system and not enough Celexa. However, so far no bad side effects, which is more than I can say for several other antidepressants I have tried. I have also been on several that did work, just not for long! If you don't mind, I would be interested in hearing more about your first TMS experience, any side effects, & how you became involved with it? Also, have you had ECT?

 

Re: Anyone - Info on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Posted by Annie on November 11, 1998, at 21:16:53

In reply to Anyone - Info on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, posted by LT on November 4, 1998, at 14:50:51

> I posted on 10-25 to Dr. Bob with no response. Does anyone know about TMS research other than on the east coast?

I also participated in an rTMS study on the East Coast. I was able to drive myself to and from the treatments which was much more appealing than hospitalization or finding someone to take care of me. The treatment took about 45 minutes each day. I had two weeks of treatment with very few side effects--just a slight headache occasionally. Nothing an advil couldn't get rid of quickly. I felt a little better, but it didn't last for more than a few days. A friend of mine who was looking for an alternative to ECT which, while effective, was very time consuming and incapacitating for him, also tried the rTMS with much better results. He is hoping to get approval for another series of treatment and then maintenance treatment. I saw you were given the names of some other places working with TMS. I encourage you to try it. Good luck!

 

Re: Trade you for celexa info:

Posted by TOM on January 19, 1999, at 7:56:39

In reply to Trade you for celexa info, posted by carter on November 11, 1998, at 17:57:55

> LT: I have been taking celexa for two weeks now, and have noticed some improvement to may general attituide. However, I understand that it will be another week,or two, untill I realize the full effect. At first I had some problems with sleep, but that seems O.K. now. I am experiencing very bad head aches at night, and will speak to my Dr. at the next visit.
> Hope the TMS site info is helpful. I'd like to hear about your experience w/ Celexa as you go along, if you don't mind; I haven't been able to tolerate any SSRIs but my current meds don't address serotonin, and I'm considering Celexa.
> Thanks,
> carter

 

Re: Trade you for celexa info:

Posted by harry on January 23, 1999, at 19:59:19

In reply to Re: Trade you for celexa info: , posted by harry on January 23, 1999, at 19:53:32

Hi..
Been taking celexa for three months started at 20mg.now on 30mg when i started thought it was the on to save me,but now feel sleepy all day still havingnausea and fatige,sorry to be so negative as you know it is a matter trying to get the right combination i guess,don't give up... > LT: I have been taking celexa for two weeks now, and have noticed some improvement to may general attituide. However, I understand that it will be another week,or two, untill I realize the full effect. At first I had some problems with sleep, but that seems O.K. now. I am experiencing very bad head aches at night, and will speak to my Dr. at the next visit.
> > > Hope the TMS site info is helpful. I'd like to hear about your experience w/ Celexa as you go along, if you don't mind; I haven't been able to tolerate any SSRIs but my current meds don't address serotonin, and I'm considering Celexa.
> > > Thanks,
> > > carter


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