Posted by Pfinstegg on November 16, 2003, at 23:38:29
In reply to Specifics?, posted by bobbyswitchblade on November 16, 2003, at 23:22:21
The type of TMS being used by the few doctors who use it in private practice is high-frequency. Studies I read about at NIH and Chicago were comparing high and low frequencies, and, at Chicago, TMS vs. ECT. I believe that at Yale they are exploring intensity levels which can cause seizures. As you know, people get randomized into one of the treatment protocols once they agree to be in the study. You can't choose which protocol you think might be best. I think your research physician should give you written information, with references so you can read more yourself, about each of the protocols. For example, you might not want to get ECT instead of TMS, but that could happen if you enter the study at the University of Chicago.
The only type of treatment I know anything about is the high frequency, as it's what I was given; the doctors gave me a lot of information about it, and encouraged me to become fully informed before they treated me. Good luck! - let us know what you decide to do, and how it goes.
Pfinstegg
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