Ah, this is the treatment that works for like half of all the patients they try it on, nobody is quite sure why it works, and insurance refuses to pay for it until you’ve spent months (if not years) cycling through the list of usual meds that get prescribed.
“works on half the patients” is a pretty decent rate for a depression therapy. Traditional meds don’t do better AFAIK, which is why “try a bunch of different meds until you find one that works” is such frequent advice.
Yeah, in a healthcare system that actually prioritized patient health, this would be the first thing prescribed, rather than the last. As far as I’m aware, there’s no negative side effects… or any side effects, really. It’s just magnetic fields. It either works or it doesn’t.
Meanwhile the meds take weeks to build up in your system before you know if you’re getting the desired effect and come with all sorts of side effects.
I mean, if it looks stupid, but it works, then it’s not stupid.
But at the same time, what the fuck is going on in Arizona that their brains can be fixed with a toaster?
Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, known as TMS.
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/depression/fda-approves-brainsway-deep-tms-device
Ah, this is the treatment that works for like half of all the patients they try it on, nobody is quite sure why it works, and insurance refuses to pay for it until you’ve spent months (if not years) cycling through the list of usual meds that get prescribed.
“works on half the patients” is a pretty decent rate for a depression therapy. Traditional meds don’t do better AFAIK, which is why “try a bunch of different meds until you find one that works” is such frequent advice.
Yeah, in a healthcare system that actually prioritized patient health, this would be the first thing prescribed, rather than the last. As far as I’m aware, there’s no negative side effects… or any side effects, really. It’s just magnetic fields. It either works or it doesn’t.
Meanwhile the meds take weeks to build up in your system before you know if you’re getting the desired effect and come with all sorts of side effects.
Where can I get the one that lets you see god?
That’s a mushroom not a helmet