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I recently started a course of TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) for my treatment-resistant depression that’s been affecting me on and off since I was 13. Every weekday I go into the doctor’s office for twenty minutes and they zap my brain with a magnetic field. The course of treatment lasts 6-7 weeks, by week three my brain felt ten years younger and more energetic. I am still my same bs self with the same bs behavior, but now I don’t hate myself for every little failing. It’s amazing how you can solve your problems better when you stop beating yourself up for having them.

Virtually no side effects! The current standard protocol is annoying in its cost and the time commitment required, but this past year Stanford got a new protocol approved, called Stanford Neuromodulation Therapy, which is all done in the course of a week. There are people who’ve been depressed for decades who start feeling better on day one.

Huge possibilities with TMS protocols, especially accelerated ones like that!