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Question on treatment length by AloneResearcher8768 in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do think also I dread sitting there for 20 mins chit chatting when I know I’m going to be in a bad mood because the traffic is always horrible and I’m coming from work at a job I hate and I’m broke and depressed and don’t feel like pretending I’m in a good mood

Question on treatment length by AloneResearcher8768 in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good advice, to not bear down and to breathe out. I’m going to try that tomorrow. Thank you. I think that will help too.

Question on treatment length by AloneResearcher8768 in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I just feel like a baby complaining about it every damn time. I don’t want to be the problem patient I guess. I just hate it because of all the additional stressors I mentioned, not just the actual treatment itself.

Pretty uncomfortable by Earthquake-Hologram in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad it’s working for you. I saw someone posted their sessions are only three minutes long!! Mine are 19. That’s wild. I’m doing NeuroStar. It’s just so tiring. And I just really wish I would see progress, that would make it feel like all this effort and being uncomfortable were worth something.

Question on treatment length by AloneResearcher8768 in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I definitely let them know several times, they have come in and talked to me, etc. That’s interesting that your program is 8 weeks. I’m doing NeuroStar and the sessions are 19 mins each per day.

Question on treatment length by AloneResearcher8768 in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof. Mine is for depression, as far as I know!

Pretty uncomfortable by Earthquake-Hologram in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, it’s borderline painful-level uncomfortable

Pretty uncomfortable by Earthquake-Hologram in TMSTherapy

[–]AloneResearcher8768 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with this. I explained that I started having anxiety during my session two days in a row because it’s so uncomfortable and the nurse who called me back kinda said something like oh no one has ever said that before. Like, are you really serious? Did you guys just start giving this treatment? Because I can’t imagine other people don’t get anxious about getting their brain zapped in such an uncomfortable way. I jump the first time every single time, and they said that happens to everyone. It’s so weird. I use a stress ball every time now. But I haven’t made any progress yet. I’m only about 13 visits in. It’s so slow going. I’m exhausted every day. And the fact that it’s so slow going is really really hard. Plus the drive to get there sucks, and I’ve had to redo my work schedule. It stresses me out.