Category: Mental Health
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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
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Cancer and Depression: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) blog series announcement
Later this year, in May, I’ll pass through a milestone of 7 years since my cancer diagnosis, treatment, eventual remission and the fight that followed. That fight is still being waged today against a body that never fully recovered. As a result of chemotherapy and the various related maladies that befell me. I now suffer
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The First Week… …That I Knew I Had Asperger’s
The week was a fresh start for me, a reboot of my past life, all new and shiny as opposed to the previous version. On Monday, I started an exciting new chapter in my professional life. I work with an email marketing services firm. They’ve been around for a little while and they have an excellent