How do they figure out what waveforms to use and at what frequencies on your brain? The ideal waveforms/frequencies depend a lot on your brainwaves and brain configuration
I’ve heard fMRI-guided TMS is the best kind, but many don’t use it [and maybe it isn’t necessary?]
Is anyone familiar with MeRT? It’s what wave neuroscience uses, and is supposedly effective for more than just depression (there are ASDs and ADHD, where the effectiveness is way less certain, but where some people can have unusually high benefits). But response rates seem highly inconsistent (the clinic will say that “90% of people are responsive” but there is substantial reporting bias and every clinic seems to say this [no way to verify] so I don’t believe these figures) and MeRT is still highly experimental so it’s not covered by insurance. Some people with ASDs are desperate enough that they try it. TMS is probably useful for WAY more than severe treatment-resistant depression, but it’s still the only indication that insurance companies are willing to cover.
I got my brainwaves scanned for MeRT and found that I have too much slowwave in ACC that could be sped up (though I’m still unsure about the effectiveness of MeRT, they don’t seem to give you your data to understand your brain better in the same way that the Neurofield tACS people [or those at the ISNR conference] do)...
BTW there’s a TMS Facebook group, and there’s also the SAINT protocol where you only take a week out of your life for the TMS treatment for more treatments per day). I’m still unsure about the SAINT protocol b/c it’s mostly developed just for severe depression and I’m not sure if this is what I have. There’s also the NYC Neuromodulation conference where you can learn A LOT from TMS practitioners and TMS research (the Randy Buckner lab at Harvard has some of the most interesting research)
How do they figure out what waveforms to use and at what frequencies on your brain? The ideal waveforms/frequencies depend a lot on your brainwaves and brain configuration
I’ve heard fMRI-guided TMS is the best kind, but many don’t use it [and maybe it isn’t necessary?]
Is anyone familiar with MeRT? It’s what wave neuroscience uses, and is supposedly effective for more than just depression (there are ASDs and ADHD, where the effectiveness is way less certain, but where some people can have unusually high benefits). But response rates seem highly inconsistent (the clinic will say that “90% of people are responsive” but there is substantial reporting bias and every clinic seems to say this [no way to verify] so I don’t believe these figures) and MeRT is still highly experimental so it’s not covered by insurance. Some people with ASDs are desperate enough that they try it. TMS is probably useful for WAY more than severe treatment-resistant depression, but it’s still the only indication that insurance companies are willing to cover.
I got my brainwaves scanned for MeRT and found that I have too much slowwave in ACC that could be sped up (though I’m still unsure about the effectiveness of MeRT, they don’t seem to give you your data to understand your brain better in the same way that the Neurofield tACS people [or those at the ISNR conference] do)...
BTW there’s a TMS Facebook group, and there’s also the SAINT protocol where you only take a week out of your life for the TMS treatment for more treatments per day). I’m still unsure about the SAINT protocol b/c it’s mostly developed just for severe depression and I’m not sure if this is what I have. There’s also the NYC Neuromodulation conference where you can learn A LOT from TMS practitioners and TMS research (the Randy Buckner lab at Harvard has some of the most interesting research)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8122027/
Presumably Fourier transform or its developments can be used. (After all, light speed is negligible at the scale we’re considering.)