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So I called Neuronetics and was told that they can not tell me if anything under 5 days would hinder results because their studies were only done on 5 days a week for 4-6 weeks. They don’t have studies on anything other than that. They suggested I speak to my doctor and see what his patients results were doing less that 5 days and go off of his studies. My doctor has had very good results with his patients that had TMS so I guess I will just assume I should be ok????? I don’t know what to do at this point. This week will be the first week I will have 4 sessions instead of 3. My first treatment was on June 30th which was also when he did the set up, since then I have had 9 treatments (3 each week) through last week. My insurance has approved a total of 30 treatments so by the end of this week I think I will be 1/2 way through!
Not sure what if anything I should do next. I’ve spoken to the Neuronetics, my doctor and his assistant. Do I keep searching for another answer because I don’t like the one I received or is 3-4 x’s a week ok and I should just go with it, I’m not a doctor. I feel by the time I find someone that could actually answer my question my sessions will be over anyway……..Ugghhhh
Thank you both so much for the responses. I checked a few times and no one had responded and my mom told me today she saw my post and people had answered…..I thought the site would email me if anyone responded. Anyway……I think I have to agree with both of you and speak up. My doctor uses Neurostar so I am going to try and contact them directly. Unfortunately, my doctor is on vacation until next month but I did raise my concern for missing a few sessions the week I would be on vacation prior to him leaving and he said it would be ok. What I don’t think he knows is that his technician cancels almost once a week and when you are only going 4 times a week to begin with I’m not sure how good can be. I have a hard time speaking up for myself so this is difficult for me. I’ve grown to like this technician and don’t want to get her in any trouble. I have also been seeing my doctor for 15 years so I almost feel as if I would be “telling” on him even though he is not even there to see what is going on. I know I need to worry about myself but these are the types of “issues” I deal with on a daily basis. TMS is supposed to help me along with my Dr’s, not stress me out and worry me! I will keep you posted.
Again, thank you so much for your advice. I truly appreciate it
