Posted by Pfinstegg on March 29, 2003, at 12:10:40
In reply to Re: rTMS available non-experimentally ? » Pfinstegg, posted by SLS on March 29, 2003, at 11:11:28
Hi.. The full cost was $170 per treatment, so about $2500 for three weeks of treatment. I think they do have a sliding scale, depending on one's income. You of course have to figure in the cost of travel to Atlanta and housing (they gave me the name of a residence motel which had a kitchen, so that kept the living costs down).
You can continue to take any medications which you are already taking, as far as I know. I did.
I am now taking Cytomel, synthroid, fish oil, lots of vitamins and minerals and tianeptine. This last one is an odd choice, but I have had excessive cortisol and DST non-suppression in the past, and wanted to protect my hippocampus from its effects, if I could. With the TMS, I reverted to being a DST suppressor, and I am really hoping to keep it that way!
They often re-treat people in Atlanta, usually giving two treatments a day for two or three days. I finished my initial course only two months ago, and am fine so far; however, if I need to, i would definitely return for further treatment.
Pfinstegg
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