Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - Testimonial - Mariah's Story
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2020
- MindPath Care Centers is proud to offer NeuroStar TMS Treatment in Raleigh, NC and Durham, NC. TMS is a non-medication therapy cleared by the FDA to help treat depression in patients who have not found relief with standard treatments. Learn more about TMS treatment at MindPath Care Centers here - www.mindpathcare.com/tms
I just had treatment 4 of theta burst version of tms that only takes a few mins to do. After the first treatment I felt like I had just taken a good nap, I felt refreshed. After the 2nd and 3rd I just felt different, my senses were more sensitive, smell, taste, sex. Looking around at the world I felt like my brain had a see through blind fold on, and its slowly being taken off. It really is amazing modern medical technology. I can't wait to see what the next 27 treatments over the next 5 weeks do.
I've only been doing it a week and started feeling a huge burden lift around my 4th treatment. Maybe this is really a miracle cure.
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Thank you so much for sharing your story! Two days ago on December 4, 2023 my daughter started her first treatment!🤓
🎉Thank you for sharing this ….
Amazing story. I'm glad she was able to overcome.
I’m 18, just started rTMS treatments this week. We only started these treatments because of KPU in my system. I’m really scared that this treatment will only make my anxiety worsen throughout the years, and I can’t seem to find many studies, if at all, of the long-term effects. Since I’ve started, I’m convincing myself that I’m “not depressed enough” for this treatment, and that they’re making a mistake by letting such a young person do it. I’ve been different antidepressants for almost four years now, not noticing much of a difference except feeling numb, rather than severe sadness or anxiety. Any advice? I’m just very nervous.
The side effects are so uncommon and so mild you have no reason to be worried.
In some respects you sound like younger me, I’ve learned a lot more about my perspective of mental health in the past few years and if I could give advice to myself when I was younger. (I’ve had depression and anxiety for 9 years, I’ve always thought I dealt with it independently relatively okay therefore ‘not as serious as some people’) fast forward a couple more years when I’m 24 now, it much harder for your neurology to change when you get older. The way I dealt with it as a teen seemed mild although it WAS severe, because of my brains ability to adapt and heal. Trust me, if you are sick you are deserving of treatment. The longer you leave it and dismiss it the more damage you will do to yourself.
I’ve lost my ability to imagine images, remember the past series of days in sequence and just genuinely find it difficult to make new meaningful memories. Beforehand I had the best visual and cognitive memory out of all my friends.
Just stay with the help, you honestly deserve it and I wouldn’t want you to leave it late like me. And honestly I don’t think there’s many side effects at all? Not with TMS, remember you brain has a naturally occurring electrical current in it anyway. This is partly how we naturally develop new neural links. I think TMS just emulates this, it’s at a much lower frequency that ECT by something like 1/400th.
@@Joanna-gg4qx thank you so much! I can’t imagine images either :(
@@xovix aww it’s so challenging especially when you feel like you’re the only one! You’re doing so well to manage this, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. ❤️ Let me know if you need a new friend to talk to that relates 🌼
All i can say is if i was 18 again and depressed i would choose this before antidepressants. And speaking from personal experience it raised my anxiety initially but i am now 10 sessions in and my anxiety is the lowest it has been in years.
Can person completely go off antidepressant with the help of TMS?
I’d definitely seek medical advice first
Recommend no more than a 2-5% taper every 2-4 weeks. This is EXTREMELY important. Many times, withdrawal is delayed so you may be doing large cuts and feel great, actually better than ever but just be blindsided with severe, debilitating withdrawal weeks or months later and at that point it's often too late to reinstate so it's a waiting game. Please be aware most doctors follow old tapering guidelines and the majority going through withdrawal did follow their doctors tapering advice.
Hey Nadia! We highly recommend speaking with your provider to see what is best for YOU as each person is different.
Numerous people become addicted to antidepressants as the body acclimates to the constant drug use. Your brain may recover like anyone else who quits a drug.
For me i was on Pristiq and I've wondered the exact same question, because i always thought the medication was so unnatural and yet I've asked for Adderall or some sort of focus pill because my mindset has been so abnormal and wanted to like really yearn what i want in a good education and overall lifeset
I was off of it completely by myself and I've learned my lesson and I'm going for TMS again soon