Mental Health Support
Related: About this forumHi, First time posting in the group...
Some might know I suffer from PTSD. Well I have been looking into some new things for it. I was wondering if anyone know some first hand stuff about some new treatments they are doing with ultrasound??
My Care provider says it could very well help with the depression and make dealing with the issues that caused my PTSD easier. Just wondered if anyone else knows any more about it.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 3, 2014, 06:54 PM - Edit history (1)
I went to Google to see what I could find. If I were more capable I'd give you a conclusion about what I just read. It was interesting but I'm not sure I understand all of the brain stimulation up and down. Let me know what you get out of the article and I'll talk about it with you.
http://www.google.com/patents/US20130261506
postatomic
(1,771 posts)I think the door has been opened to new mental health treatments. I'm on some experimental drug (along with 3 others). I think it's a good thing, other than the cost. The experimental drug isn't covered by insurance.
I've never read/heard anything about ultrasound. If your Care provider likes it, then I say go for it. At least it isn't chemically altering your brain.
Good luck. Be well.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)It's a form of deep brain stimulation from reading a bit of that. Deep brain stimulation for depression and other emotional issues has been studied and I believe there good evidence it works in many. You might want to look that up. I'm afraid I know nothing about this specific form of it though.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)I think I will go for it as soon as my Doc about the head injury I got ( thanks to a guy on a cell phone while driving! ) clears me, he says I should be go in Feb.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,672 posts)They're even doing a study in South Carolina.
http://www.maps.org/participate/
Melurkyoulongtime
(136 posts)per studies done in Canada. Please let me know what you find out as I'm a fellow PTSD sufferer (along w/ several other diagnosis) in Texas and with f'ing Perry not taking the Medicaid $$$ here I'm in dire straits as I'm indigent, awaiting a disability determination and care is still completely piecemeal. Have I said today how much I HATE THIS FUCKING STATE?!!!?
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)But as I was told, this is experimental. it is going to take at lest 9 more years for it to, hopefully, approved by the FDA.