Posted by Larry Hoover on May 15, 2006, at 15:00:39
In reply to Re: Worn out: rTMS, posted by honeybee on May 14, 2006, at 17:04:06
> Me!
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> Er, if I could make it there. Could someone add teleporting and magical payment into the TMS machine so that more of us could a) get there to do it and b) afford it?
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> Even though my brother (a therapist), has cautioned me to "wait until the FDA approves it," I really would sign on if I could figure out a way to get out of my job. Silly having to make a living...
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> Have other working depressed folks figured out ways to talk to their employers about getting treatment? I feel like I would have to invent a kidney disorder or something so that I could miss the three weeks necessary to participate (and keep my fingers crossed, majorly, that I actually get the real treatment instead of the placebo treatment...If you could get into one of the compassionate programs (somebody mentioned their existence, right?), then you wouldn't even have to worry about sham treatment.
Link built an electromagnet, and self-treated. I recall he had good outcomes. Linkage, you did this, did you not? You determined the magnetic flux, and how many windings and the current required to produce the flux, etc., did you not?
Home-made TMS, as r as you require.
Lar
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