Category: Do Not Quote Me
Everyone starts somewhere. These posts are from my earlier years — written with confidence that outpaced wisdom. I’ve left them up because deleting them would be dishonest, and because the distance between then and now is kind of the whole point.
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Post #5
Day 5: Tuesday’s treatment was okay. I was able to read but the pain was so intense that I had to keep closing my eyes to endure the pain. I’m writing this post on Wednesday in the wake of one of my lowest days in months and easily my worst day since starting TMS. This
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Post #4
Day 4: The treatments are only conducted on business days and so I had the weekend off to recover from the first three rounds. It wasn’t long enough. I’ve noticed that I exert a great deal of energy keeping the headache at bay. The more tired I am at the end of the day the
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Post #3
Day 3: I was dreading the treatment on Friday morning. I arrived, headache already well in hand, and hopped into the chair. It was just as bad as I imagined it would be. The pulses started hitting and it was quickly too much. Fortunately, this coincided with the 26-second breaks between pulse barrages. I also
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Post #2
Day 2: Magnet to the Brain! Yesterday’s session wasn’t nearly as long as the first one. They plugged in the settings, adjusted the arms and chair to the appropriate numbers (it reminded me of gym equipment), and fired up the flux capacitor. I had brought a book to read during, but my technician was feeling
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Post #1 (better late than never)
Technically, yesterday was Day 1 but I spent the majority of the day asleep and then took a long drive. The first day also included measurements and a test for my “motor threshold.” What that means is the doctor was basically testing for the point at which firing a magnet at my motor neurons causes