Profile for User: Hopeful@53

I have had much the same experience and because I was on no meds my emotions were raw, upclose and personal. I cried all the time, my tolerance level to frustration was at an all time low, anxiety rampant, poor sleep, plus all the other manifestations of depression. The only time I ‘saw’ a psychiatrist was via telemedicine (like Skype) for about five minutes when he asked my history with medications and my treatment resistance. The mapping was done not by MD’s but by technicians and each treatment, about thirty five, was administered by a technician who would ask how I was feeling before and after the treatment, but never addressed all the tough emotional aspects I was going through and continue to go through post treatment. It was all ‘blown off’. The head psychiatrist manages three centers where TMS is done each an hour apart from the other and his is the only name I have been given as a psychiatrist in this group. There have not been any strivings by this one psychiatrist to help those of us who have been hit hard with full fledged depression symptoms while taking this treatment and no support system given for this either.
This is inhumane treatment. Major treatment resistant depression is a serious illness, with long marked periods of suicidal ideation, being only one of the symptoms. How is it that no support system during and after treatment is on hand, or even offered? How can this be FDA approved if it leads to such deepening of the original problem? A psychiatrist knows this full well and chooses to allow his patients to go through TMS treatments with no psychological support? Somehow this leads me to believe it’s all just a money grab.

Yes, I have had the same experience. It sure would be nice after getting done to have someone ask howyou feel, and maybe make some suggestions. This is where TMS might get a bad rap, no followup. I t would help to know that someone gave a hoot.