by Hong Yin | Apr 20, 2019 | Blog
This is the story of a patient who has been battling depression for 14 years. Unfortunately, she has felt like nothing has really worked. She reached a point where the depression got so severe that it literally took her hours to get out of bed in the morning. Like...
by Hong Yin | Apr 20, 2019 | Blog
Michelle was diagnosed with major depressive disorder at the age of 12. The last episode was over a year long and debilitating. This is the story of a patient who invested great effort at various forms of treatment including medication management and therapy. It felt...
by Hong Yin | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog
What exactly is TMS like for a patient? They consist of 20 minute long sessions. The patient does not need anesthesia as they would in the case of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and they can drive to treatments and drive afterwards too. A blue cap is placed on the...
by Hong Yin | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog
We discuss this and also link a great site that discusses this some as well. In some ways, the full mechanism of how exactly transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) helps depression is not completely understood. But there are some findings that give us a glimpse. The...
by Hong Yin | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog
Children and teenagers are also substantially affected by depression. This is the story of Lindsay, who was only in grade school when she started to experience depression. She was treated at UCSD with deep TMS with excellent success. At baseline, she was social and...
