Posted by Dan Perkins on November 17, 2004, at 22:32:40
In reply to Re: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Dan Pe » Dan Perkins, posted by Pfinstegg on November 12, 2004, at 20:54:56
I'm a week and a half into 6 weeks of my TMS study. I've started taking 2 Advil an hour b/f the procedure to help with the pain, but it still hurts like HELL.
I have noticed an elevation in my mood since starting treatment, but I'm still really depressed. Hoping things continue to improve and start to make a dent on my real depression.
There was a 50% chance in this study that I would be put on a sham (placebo) treatment but I know I'm getting the real thing. I realized that for this to be a sham treatment that would mean that I am hooked up to a machine that is somehow inflicting a lot of pain and the occasional headache on me, which seems to be the only reported side effects of TMS. I'm pretty sure that it would be unethical to give a study participant a placebo treatment that only mimics the negative effects of the real treatment.
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