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I never had a full coarse of TMS. it’s kind of expensive and as far as I know there’s no Neurostar in Brazil yet.
Mostly Magstim, Magventure, Neurosoft and Brainsway.
In 2012 I had 10 sessions of rTMS in a Neurosoft(Russian) equipment. I was on one SSRI that I can’t remember and 2mg of Klonopin at night.
I cannot say that it helped. Maybe it was only a psychologic (placebo) effect. sometimes I remember leaving the clinic happier but not compared to the amazing happiness I felt when I took the first AD in my life, which was Paxil.
This normal rTMS haven’t caused me insomnia , from 2012 to 2014. I used to do it once every two weeks.
It was when I had only 1 session of Brainsway Deep TMS in july 2015. Then 3 sessions of Theta Burst TMS in January 2016. Since then I want all kinds of TMS away from me!
So , I can’t answer your question because I never had a full coarse of TMS.Hi , my name is Paulino. I’m from Sao Paulo, Brazil. my terrible insomnia started after only one application of Brainsway Deep TMS in july 2015. I was on Valdoxan for 2 months and my depression was bad.
After the TMS the psych prescribed me Lexapro 10 mg and I realised I had this terrible insomnia. The SSRI’s never caused me so much insomnia in low doses before. I told her and she prescribed me Stelazine 2mg at night.
I also take 2 mg of Clonazepan since 2002.
I started a new job with this medication: Lexapro 10mg in the morning and clonazepan 2mg+ stelazine 2mg at night.
No more TMS. After 2 months I got depressed and was off work for 15 days. went to the psych and asked for Theta Burst Stimulation with a big conned shapped coil Neurosoft TMS. so far I hadn’t realised the Deep TMS had caused me the insomnia. I even asked her to make it very strong. she said “it’s very strong” and I said “don’t worry, leave it like this” I had 3 applications of this and changed anti depressant to Pristiq 50 mg.
I was fired when I came back to work. changed AD again to Remeron 30 mg. It was when I realised the TMS ruined my sleep because Remeron used to sedate me a lot in the past and this time it was worse cause I took 2 tablets for 1 week and couldn’t sleep. That was on January 2016 and I hope it’s not going to be permanent. it seems to be getting better bit by bit. so it’s been almost 1 and a half years that i’ve been struggled to sleep and not able to work nor make any commitment.
