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Best Practices Mary Haupt (standing) and Tanya Seprinski demonstrate what a patient experiences during a transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment. Mary is the TMS technician and Tanya is the TMS coordinator at WellSpan Philhaven.
Patients with Depression Say Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy is Life-Changing WELLSPAN PHILHAVEN OFFERS THIS NONINVASIVE, OUTPATIENT TREATMENT WHEN MEDICATIONS FAIL.
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ike Parker felt nothing, just a yawning emptiness. He did not want to get out of bed. He did not want to interact with his wife or play with his dogs. Diagnosed with depression, he tried medication but could not find any that was effective. He was hospitalized twice and had to quit his chef ’s job. “People think of depression as you’re sad. You’re not sad. You just don’t have the will to live. You’re just breathing. You don’t want to eat. You don’t want to get a shower,” he said. “It’s just a whole lot of nothing. A blank state of barely surviving.”
