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Posted 1/12/2010 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hello old friends and some new I suppose

I went through hell this year with severe anxiety related to my depression I ended up cutting my pain medication suboxone from 16mg to 1/2 mg and feel much better. Was the suboxone the cause? Hmmm-mmm Hard to say for sure as it could be I was just "cycling" out of depression. Anyway still a little down and cry easily. Some interest in things but no passion as I once had.

Very glad to be away from anxiety as it was sheer hell. OK 3 months now.

I will be in a clinical trial at Columbia for an electric curret thing. It is a bettery charged induction thingy but far from what is known as ECT it is also not magnetic stimulation. As I get more info I'll pass it on. It takes place next month or March

The current stops short of causing an action potential (twitch or neuronal "firing") how it works is unclear much like ECT The great part is it's free and may work on my chronic pain yea!

Happy new year Jamiee Etal

Glen

Posted 1/13/2010 12:02 AM (GMT 0)
Hello Glen,

So happy that you posted.  And glad that you are feeling better.  It is a hard struggle finding what is right for yourself and making things work.  But it sounds like you are on your way there. 

I hope that the new treatment works for you.  Will be thinking about you.

Take care, keep posting.

Hugs, Karen

Posted 1/13/2010 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
thanks Karen

I'll let folks know as it happens

Glen
Posted 1/13/2010 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
yeah glen. excellent. would luv to hear more about it! good on you. you have battled hard, thus you deserve some success. good to have some inspiration, it keeps me motivated. and others too on the forum. happy faces. jamie

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Posted 1/18/2010 9:35 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks

The trial is not involving magnets; it is direct low voltage stimulation. A battery powered electrode allows very small amount of voltage to pass through the brain. Seems almost harmless

Glen
Posted 1/18/2010 9:44 AM (GMT 0)
hey, ect without any cords in the wall!!!!!!!!!!!! idea jamie
Posted 1/18/2010 11:04 AM (GMT 0)
hoping you don't take offence to the above post. seriously i am real proud of ya!! you are not just motivating me but i hope for all of us on this forum. keep being strong. the sun always shines. cheers, cool bananas!!

jamiescool scool scool scool idea idea idea

Posted 1/18/2010 4:54 PM (GMT 0)
no worries

Kinda like etc without a seizure

Glen
Posted 1/19/2010 12:30 AM (GMT 0)
no seizure. how do you feel afterwards? any residual memory loss? fatigue etc? groggy head? curious, sounds very good. keep up the good work, cheers, jamie. keep me posted. am very interested. any info appreciated. may help a lot of resistant depression sufferes.
Posted 1/29/2010 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Sorry but I was very busy moving and unpacking

No memory problems at all. This treatment was dome back in 1966 but with nanotechnology, it has been greatly improved to be very safe.

The worse side effect that they know of is an electric shock when first to touch a metal object. It is like when walking on carpet in the winter time and touching a door knob- a slight jolt no biggie.

The thought is and it is just a guess is that it helps the brain cells do their work better. It is like giving them a "jumpstart" or recharge. In ETC they create a seizure that "reagrages" cell chemistry. In magnetic stimulation it is a "repolarizing" in this treatment it is more of an actual "assist" to make the nerve cells better in doing their job of 'firing"


Wish I could explain it better but that has to do. My pain will be helped as well as a side effect as the nerve cells become better in all the body yea!

Glen
Posted 1/29/2010 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
Auugh poor spelling the ETC REARRANGES brain chemistry by seizure


also the treatment was first DONE in 1966

Spell check is in order Lol

glen
Posted 1/30/2010 10:45 AM (GMT 0)
thx glen, u have done real well with explaining it. i fully understand. keep well and positive, cheers......jamie.
Posted 2/1/2010 2:17 PM (GMT 0)
That sounds like fascinating technology with some real promise. Good luck. I wish I could have a little robot brain implanted in me to tell me what to do in awkward social situations, which is like, all of them, for me.
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