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Hello,
Thank you very much for providing all of the detailed information on TMS. It is extremely helpful. I am most likely starting my TMS this week. They are going to give me the assessment today for the left front of my head (I previously tried the right side, and since I was getting worse I got scared and stopped after 3 treatments). I am very sorry to hear about your brother, and I really hope that the TMS will help him. I went through a lot of the links on your post and I feel better now having more of an understanding of how people have responded. I will admit I am scared since I saw some people got worse. But I am willing to take that chance, since the medications have caused problems for me and some people have improved from it. The medications have helped but are difficult to deal with, especially at high dosages. It was very kind of you to do this and I hope it helps more people out there who are getting TMS.
Thank you very much again for your responses! This is extremely helpful. I feel less scared now to go through with the treatment. Though I am still nervous and it may not help, I will do what it takes and take that chance. I took your advice and spoke with another doctor. He was from a different facility that is more expensive but he said he gives the normal dosage of frequency and the same machine to his bipolar patients. I will go back to the original facility next week since it is much cheaper, and still has a good reputation. I know someone else who went to the same facility and she said it changed her life. I am glad that you are benefiting from the treatment that is wonderful. When you said you now care about moving forward where as before you did not, that is very good because it shows that you now have hope. I have lost most of my hope when being depressed so I want to get that back again. I am going in next week to get measured for the other side of my head (the normal placement) and hopefully I will go through with everything. I checked the website you sent and that is the exact same company I am using near where I live. I am nervous that I will get worse but I’ll post the updates and we’ll see what happens. Thanks again!
Thank you for responding again this is very helpful. Yes, I am very desperate because this has been a terrible illness and I have had it way too long. I will try anything even if I risk wasting money. Honestly I deal much better with physical problems than mental so I’m not too concerned about the pain on the head, but thank you for the heads up. I am sorry you have been through it as well. I have one last question – Did you stop any of your medications before receiving treatment? I know you said that they were not helpful so this question is probably irrelevant. I plan on staying on mine to be safe, but I’m concerned about the Wellbutrin and Adderall so I might cut those down. I think the Lamictal will help continue to stabilize me. The doctor said I could stay on them but I’ll ask him again. The doctor was intelligent but did not seem to know much about bipolar disorder and how the treatment helps it. I don’t think their other doctor does either. It is pretty experimental but I still would like to go through with it.
Thanks!
Gin,
I am really glad that you responded to this. Thank you. I just spoke with the TMS doctor last night. He said I can do either side but I am really on the fence about the right side because it seemed to make me much worse a few weeks ago when I did 3 treatments. I felt extremely depressed and scared and more crazy. I have a few questions: 1. where exactly was the device placed on your head? Was it the left front? 2. About how strong was the frequency? (He said normally it is 10hz but for me it was 1hz) 3. Did you feel worse in the beginning? Or just the same?
Thank you so much for your response. I am going to start the treatment again next week, and I might see the other doctor or just request that I receive the normal treatment on the left front side with the higher frequency. Good luck to you! I am glad to hear that it is helping. I saw on a few other forums that it has helped bipolar patients.
