Posted by twinleaf on August 8, 2008, at 9:34:52
In reply to Re: VNS/Med poop-out and other assorted fun » twinleaf, posted by chiron on August 8, 2008, at 0:08:50
I have gone to Dr. Mark Hutto in Atlanta for "off-label" treatment with TMS for the past five years. The first time, in 2003, I had a course of 15 treatments over a three-week period. It resulted in a complete remission which lasted about 8 weeks, with a slow return to severe depression over the next two months. I have since returned to Atlanta ten times; I usually have between four and eight treatments (two a day to save time) in order to get back to a depression-free state. If TMS works, which it apparently does about half the time, it's a great treatment. It's free of side-effects. The only short-coming is that most people (like me) have to keep on having the treatments. Neuronetics, who make the device, say that they expect FDA approval within a few months. I have lined up a psychiatrist in my home town. He has taken a course in how to administer TMS, and has signed up for a machine. So, soon, I hope, I won't have to keep flying to Atlanta. I would think that it will be available to you where you live soon. You could inquire of your pdoc, the way I did. Mine really surprised me when I brought it up, saying, "I've just been waiting for someone to come in and show an interest in it".
Good luck! I hope you are one of the people it works for.
There is one other doctor who gives it off-label: Dr. Steven Best, outside of chicago.
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