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Old Aug 13, 2014, 01:38 PM
ChangingMyMind ChangingMyMind is offline
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Originally Posted by vans1974 View Post
Hey, so glad to hear TMS is working for you! ECT didn't work for me, and I was considering TMS, but I heard insurance doesn't typically pay for it and it's not that effective for treatment resistant depression. I'll have to look into it again...glad it helps!
TMS is covered by many insurances now but not all. My insurance is anthem blue cross and they covered me at 100%. Also TMS is only approved for treatment resistant depression and has proven to be effective somewhat in every 1 in 2 people and completely effective meaning remission in every 1 in 3 people. They say the stats are better than medication but not as good as ECT but it has far less side effects than either one. All of them acute. Mainly just a headache. So who knows maybe it will work for you. I am on my first day of week 4 of 6 and feel normal again. It really just hit me yesterday that I might just be in remission after nearly a year. Hopefully the effects are long lasting. We will see.
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Dx: MDD, GAD, Panic Disorder
Rx: None, too many side effects.