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It’s been a year since I wrote here. Sorry I didn’t keep in touch.
There was a period during my treatment I (first round) where I felt myself getting much worse and it scared me. But they told me to continue and it would change for the better once again. That’s exactly what happened with me. I pushed through that period (it was difficult to do so), but then I saw it turn around and the improvement continued until I finished my treatment, at which point the depression was gone.I had more treatments approved by the insurance, but I felt I should save those for boosters since I can’t afford to pay our of pocket. That was almost a year ago, and I find myself with a need for more treatments since my depression is taking hold of me again. I dread the idea of 36 more treatments since I have to drive almost an hour to the doctors office, get a 22 minutes treatment, and drive another hour to get back home. But it worked the first time, and I’m hoping after this series I’ll remain in remission for longer. In addition, I’m hoping I get get counseling during this time, something I haven’t done in years and that was with a counselor that seriously crossed boundaries, which harmed me a lot. I believe due to the COVID this time it will be through telehealth,
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Please let e know.
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Hi Junebeatle. Thank you for writing.
I finished my first course of treatments last Friday. At some point I was doing fantastic, but as I continued the treatments the depression started to rear it’s ugly head again. Not nearly as bad, but nonetheless, it’s there and I struggle primarily late afternoons and early evenings.
They told me I had to wait for my follow up visit in two weeks to determine whether they will get insurance approval for more sessions.
I’m not waking up dreading the day like I was before. Mornings tend to be good. I do have a lot of anxiety that TMS did not seem to help.
My psychiatrist put me on Rexalti and I just started taking it yesterday. I’m afraid of it’s side effects… we’ll see.
When are you going in for the new round of treatments? How many do you think you will receive?
I wish you the very best and that it succeeds in reducing your need for continuous treatments. I would love to hear back from you.God bless you,
Leaves and Petals
Hi. I’m new here and although I haven’t finished my first round (I had #18 today) I am already bracing myself for a second round since I’m not feeling better. I had 3 days the first week where I DEFINITELY felt an improvement. I had a bad weekend, and the depression returned and hasn’t abated again. I am 66 years old, have dealt with depression all of my life treated with medications that didn’t seem to work, or I became tolerant to. I dread thinking that this is it, this is how I’ll spend the rest of the days I have left. I’m terrified this won’t work… and I don’t have any money. So if insurance doesn’t cover the treatments, I’m out of hope.
I’ve said an awful lot to ask how many have had a failed first attempt become a successful second round of treatments. I’m looking for hope at all costs!
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