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It took me a while to realize that most people don't consider suicide as one of a few strategies to deal with everyday problems. Thought process: I don't want to do my homework. I could (A) get up and do it, or (B) kill myself. Happily, I've learned to dissociate myself from the part of my consciousness that thinks that way.
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I've had depression for 20+ years and the best way I would describe it is like this: Think of that little "kick" you get when you think of something you want to do. Maybe you like eating ice cream, maybe you like playing tennis, whatever it is... that feeling, that subconscious little mental boost that gets you up off your ass, and moving... is completely absent in the depressed mind. That spark that initiates and su…
It took me a while to realize that most people don't consider suicide as one of a few strategies to deal with everyday problems. Thought process: I don't want to do my homework. I could (A) get up and do it, or (B) kill myself. Happily, I've learned to dissociate myself from the part of my consciousness that thinks that way.
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It took me a while to realize that most people don't consider suicide as one of a few strategies to deal with everyday problems. Thought process: I don't want to do my homework. I could (A) get up and do it, or (B) kill myself. Happily, I've learned to dissociate myself from the part of my consciousness that thinks that way.
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Hey! I didn't under go SAINT TMS specifically, but I have undergone TMS therapy. Reading this article I'm not sure how different what I received actually is compared to SAINT, but TMS absolutely changed my life. I was referred to TMS after a rash of different medications and years of talk therapy fell short on relieving the worst of my symptoms. Many of the benefits the patients in this article discuss are ones I rec…
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It took me a while to realize that most people don't consider suicide as one of a few strategies to deal with everyday problems. Thought process: I don't want to do my homework. I could (A) get up and do it, or (B) kill myself. Happily, I've learned to dissociate myself from the part of my consciousness that thinks that way.
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Cost (and availability/wait time for nations with public healthcare) are a concern. I know several people who received conventional TMS for 30 minutes a day for six weeks. That cost them, with insurance, about $1500. It was effective for an average of six months. This treatment is an order of magnitude more time spent in the machine, even if over a shorter period. What will it cost? Will it be accessible to those who…
Not to mention the personal suffering.
> “The treatment, known as Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy (SAINT) or simply Stanford neuromodulation therapy, is an intensive, individualized form of transcranial magnetic stimulation. In the study, remission typically occurred within days and lasted months. The only side effects were temporary fatigue and headaches.” > “Twenty-nine people with treatment-resistant depression participated in…
> Makes me wonder what percentage of the placebo group improved? For future reference, assuming this is a clinical trial, data from clinical trials is available online. This is the kind of statistic that you'd be able to find.
"Soma", ladies & gentlemen
I'm not scolding either, I literally laughed at this myself and came here to say something along those lines, but giving a generous sop to some people I fundamentally disagree with - it was a laugh that signalled an opportunity to empathize with the subject of it. Feels gross even saying that, and I believe the soma thing is a legit question, but even at the risk of arming enemies, it's worth elevating the commentary a bit because of what is on the other side of it. We don't make b-movie zombie references whenever there is a new chemo treatment with promise against cancer, and if someone depressed said to me, "hey thanks and f-you for making my need for the first viable treatment just as stigmatized as the disease," I would have earned the criticism honestly.
I also realize this is what only a truly master soma propagandist would say as part of a campaign for the coming change, but my realization was sincere, and anyway, there's also no way they're this good.
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I have some questions if you don't mind: Was it expensive? Are there any downsides? Do you think TMS is, like psychedelic therapy, potentially useful for people without depression (i.e. the "betterment of well people")?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BKSWnuF3pA