Posted on 07/29/2021 12:12:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Magnetic field treatments gave a woman with hard-to-treat depression a new lease on life.
Jenna Bierma thought she’d exhausted most options for managing her depression, which her sister also had before dying by suicide at age 24.
"I've tried everything with depression. I’ve tried every medication, every treatment that's out there," Bierma said.
Dr. Vidhya Selvaraj is a psychiatrist at Omaha Insomnia & Psychiatric Services who used magnetic fields to treat Bierma's depression.
The process is known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS.
"They feel hopeless," Selvaraj said. "They lose interest in things they used to enjoy. they don't feel motivated. They can't focus. They can't concentrate. The severe depression can lead to people wanting to end it all."
But with TMS, she said she typically sees results within two weeks of treatments.
For Bierma, a star student whose depression often kept her in bed, it’s made a world of difference.
"Being able to get out of bed like I am, go see my friends, go to school, go to work every day and enjoy it, I can't even describe it," she said.
Live-saving techLife-Saving Technology: 7 Tales of Tech Coming to the Rescue and Saving Lives The process sends quickly pulsing magnetic fields to activate nerve cells in the brain. It sounds intense, but it’s actually non-invasive.
"It's just kind of tapping on your head," Bierma described. "It's a magnetic coil, is what it is. It doesn't hurt. There's no side effects."
With the success of the treatment, she began looking to the future, taking her last courses so she could attend pharmacy school.
"But I'm excited," Bierma said. "I was always afraid to make big goals. Just afraid of failure and not knowing what the world was going to bring. It's just been amazing."
That's all Selvaraj could ask for.
"I want patients to feel empowered hearing this," she said. "There is hope. There is treatment and they can have a normal life."
Does this work because it works or does it work because the person thinks it works? The power of positive thinking.
Following the science on this one I’m sure.
She’s more attractive with the metal plates in her head.
Latter most likely. I treat mine by ignoring it. I don’t have the choice to stay in bed. I have to work.
FR is MY treatment for Depression.......................
200mg of B-1 a day works wonders. It’s a lot cheaper than prozac...
If Momma is depressed... we are ALL depressed.
It can also have some terrible side effects on some folks. An Old Doctor named HOFFER, who was a Mentor to Dr Andrew Saul did a Lot of Research on NIACINAMIDE and depression and anxiety and Arthritis!
I love Niacinamide!
I think the brain’s God-spot is being activated and stimulated causing better feelings all around. Hey if it helps without medicines and is non damaging as it is non ionizing then why not? I hope further studies show it to be a valid occasional treatment boost. It might be a gentler replacement for ECT which often does help with refractory depression that nothing else works for but is very brutal with temporary memory loss for the first day or so afterward.
it actually works
“it actually works”.
I agree. I’ve seen it first hand.
i personally don’t use it
i use pemf devices
Delete all social media, throw out your television, and don’t listen to news and your mood will improve drastically.
Sunshine. Vitamin D. the only effective medication for Depression.
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