Posted by ignored on October 11, 2002, at 19:30:27
In reply to Desperate for good info on Repetitive Transcran..., posted by ignored on October 9, 2002, at 0:17:42
There is an open study not too far away from me. I am very interested in it, as my depression seems to be medicine-resistant. I do get relief from the suicidal fantasies, but not much else.
What worries me about this study is:
1. You have to be medicine-free.
2. There is a definite possibility that you will receive sham (placebo) treatments.I would risk going off my meds if I knew I was getting some other form of treatment, but I don't see how it's worth it when I might very well get the sham treatments.
Those that get the sham treatments are entitled to a course of real treatments once the study is over, but I think that's like eight months later!
Say I was off my meds and getting the sham treatments and became suicidal. Then I'd have to go back on my meds and wait however many weeks for them to kick in.
I just don't know what to do.
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