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Patient 1
DID TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION. THIS IS A NEW PROCEDURE THAT USES MAGNETIC PULSES ON THE BRAIN TO HELP DEPRESSION. SUPPOSED TO DO 30 SESSION 5 DAYS A WEEK FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. ALL THE RESEARCH SAYS THE ONLY SIDE EFFECTS ARE MILD SCALP IRRITATION AND HEADACHE WHERE THE MAGNETIC TOUCH THE HEAD. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DOING IT, I FELT SICK, NAUSEA, AND MY DEPRESSION BECAME EXTREMELY WORSE. I QUESTIONED THE DOCTOR WHO SAID THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, NEVER HEARD OF DEPRESSION GETTING WORSE. WE KEPT GOING AND BY THE 20TH SESSION I WAS SO SICK AND DEPRESSED. I HAD TO STOP. PLUS IT BECAME SO ACTIVATED, I COULD NOT SLEEP. I WAS ON NO MEDICATIONS PRIOR TO DOING THIS. I HAD TO GET AN EMERGENCY VISIT TO A PSYCHIATRIST WHO PUT ME ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS TO THIS DAY AREN'T HELPING. I CAN NO LONGER TAKE A MED. THE DEPRESSION IS TOO SEVERE CAUSING ME TO HARDLY BE ABLE TO MOVE MY BODY. I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN ALL OVER MY BODY. I CAN NO LONGER DO THINGS I USED TO BE ABLE TO DO. THIS PROCEDURE RUINED MY LIFE.