Posted by ihatedrugs1 on August 6, 2014, at 11:08:57
In reply to day 2 deep tms, posted by johnLA on August 6, 2014, at 1:10:54
> thought i would journal my process/experience with deep tms. i hope it is not too boring...
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> had my 2nd treatment earlier today. the doc increased the threshold or pulse intensity to 100. i really did not feel a difference in how it felt. tomorrow the plan is to go to 105 with eventually reaching 120. that is the therapeutic level.
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> this time i brought a mouth guard so i really did look like bronco nagurski. :) it helped with my teeth clattering. again no post headache or even pain during the procedure. just the anticipatory angst again with waiting for the 4 second pulse. after a few minutes i was fine and thinking about what i was going to have for dinner.
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> feeling calm and a bit tired again, in a good way. same as last night. basically zero ruminations.
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> went out to a nice dinner with a good friend and then had a good long visit back home.
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> i feel good. i will take that for sure right now. doc said some people get some response with the first one after i said probably just a placebo.
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> didn't get to the beach. that kind of bummed me out. would have shown some tangible movement.
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> i did get out of the house during the day to run some errands. = good.
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> still listening to music and feeling it. even sang to some old school madonna while driving in the car i am a little ashamed to say. i rolled-up the windows just in case. lol
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> i'm hoping/praying/wishing this keeps going...
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> johnWhen I did rTMS, I remember the first changes I felt were enjoying music again and waking up without a sense of doom. That was around the three week mark. I also thought it was placebo effect but things kept on improving as days progressed, like wanting to run errands and go to social events.
Keep us posted!
ihatedrugs
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