Posted by SLS on February 7, 2012, at 22:52:13
In reply to different frequencies for rTMS, posted by poser938 on February 7, 2012, at 18:33:59
> well i completed my 13th session of rTMS today and still zero benefits from it. but, an idea popped into my head, i have read about how TMS is done in different frequencies. 1-HZ and 20HZ. and differnt patients respond to different frequencies. im wondering what the protocol fequency is that they use when having this done? if nobody on psychobabble nows, i will be asking my doc tommorrow. my idea is i might need to get it changed to a different frequency to receive benefits from it.
10 Hz applied to the left side at 120% motor threshold is probably the most commonly used parameters for applying rTMS. 1 Hz applied to the right side can work, but probably not as well. Some protocols involve administering both treatments. However, 1 Hz applied to the left side can make depression worse.
The original studies of rTMS used 20 Hz.
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