The TMS Journey Continues

Two weeks ago, I started transcranial magnetic stimulation. (You can read about my initial treatment here: The Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Journey Begins – Nutmegger Daily) There’s not much to tell about the sessions themselves. It takes about five minutes to set up the chair and get my head in the exact right position, then it’s chime, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, pause, repeat for about 20 minutes. Then, I’m done. I wear earplugs during the procedure, so it’s not too loud. I watch images of fish (and a few sea mammals) on a large TV. That’s it. Day in, day out. It’s not very exciting, but there haven’t been any side effects, not even headaches, so I can handle a little boring.

Today, I filled out my two-week depression checklist update. I’m much less depressed than I was at my first session. I was legitimately surprised at how low my depression score was. And, as I thought back over the past two weeks, I realized that what depressive symptoms I am showing are not interfering with my everyday life.

Now, there could be other factors involved. I’m not currently working, and my kid is out of school. But I don’t think those things are causing the improvement. I think it’s the TMS treatments, at least mostly. I feel lighter than I’ve felt in a long time. I have four more weeks of treatment, so we’ll see, but I hope the trend continues. I’ll keep you posted.