Posted by Pfinstegg on July 28, 2005, at 9:58:20
In reply to Re: rTMS, posted by ravenstorm on July 28, 2005, at 8:56:16
Because this is such a new area, Dr. Hutto has always been extremely flexible, and has worked closely with me to find out what works best. I had an initial treatment of daily TMS for three weeks; since then, I have gone down six more times, and have had twice-daily treatments for three days. He has people on all different kinds of maintenance schedules; for example, one man comes every two weeks for one treatment- he lives in Atlanta. It's a two-hour flight for me, plus an hour and a half drive to north Atlanta from the airport, so I always have six, to make sure! I usually feel fine after two, though, and I think that's what i will do when my pdoc can give them here.
As to the tricyclic, I'm unusual here, also. I take tianeptine, which is not FDA-approved, but is used widely in Europe. I chose it, with my pdoc's approval, because the studies at the German Primate Center and Rockefeller University (Bruce McEwen) show that it is the most neuroprotective of all the AD's. It's not a strong AD, for me, but it has no sexual side-effects, weight gain problems, or emotional blunting effects. I had a terrible time with all of those on all of the SSRI's. I also tend to have suicidal ideation on the SSRI's, but not off of them. Are the side effects you are talking about similiar?
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