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Posted by rjlockhart37 on May 17, 2016, at 13:20:22
i've used it about 6 times, it does work, you feel electricity and waves go through the brain, if you really depressed, or in a slump it could help, but in general, it doenst really produce much of noticed effect, you feel the waves going into the brain, but it's difficult to tell mood improvement, it would have to be done daily, and used in various sections of the skill, i read it does increase excellular levels of dopamine, but really.....it's a mild shock, you feel a "humming" going through your brain, not an actual sound but that's what it feels like......but nothing miraclulous or rapid change.......it would have be done daily, to start to see improvement in mood, and also other cogntive abilities......
there's diffrent devices, the one i have, if i leave it on at 2ma it burns my skin, not burn it totally but i can see a red mark where the electrodes where, have to mix it with water and other various things to prevent burning......but the focus device i saw that on ebay, and also hugh told me about it, it looks better but it's expensive, but the only thing is you can only use it on your forehead, it's a headset......
but you put the electrodes anywhere on the skull, it suppostly causes nuero stimulation, it can enhance verbal skills, and memory
http://www.diytdcs.com/tag/montage/
http://totaltdcs.com/
http://tdcsplacements.com/it's worth a try, but as a medication therapy, it's debatable
r
Posted by Hugh on May 17, 2016, at 17:54:45
In reply to transcranial direct current stimulation - review, posted by rjlockhart37 on May 17, 2016, at 13:20:22
I hope you don't give up on tDCS after only six sessions. Read this post from http://tdcsplacements.com/placements/reducing-depression/
I am just finishing up a TDCS study sponsored by the University of South Whales. For depression, electrodes were placed in the F3/F8 montage. I received 40 thirty minute blind sessions with the last four weeks guaranteed to be full amperage treatments. I have taken antidepressants for 30 plus years and they mostly didnt work. After these sessions for the study, I am depression free. The damned back ground talk has ceased. Currently I am having a cool down treatment once a week for four weeks and the study will end. I have been able to relax and focus more on what I am doing. I am unipolar meaning I am either depressed or just numb. These last two months I have actually felt happy! I feel more evened out if that makes any sense. .
Posted by rjlockhart37 on May 17, 2016, at 23:16:13
In reply to Re: transcranial direct current stimulation - review, posted by Hugh on May 17, 2016, at 17:54:45
I think i need to do it daily, i'm just not sure where, i know that f3-fp1 is a good depression montage. Stimulation of dopamine, they said is fp1 with the anode electrode, the cathode is negative and usally causes slowing down of nuerons, the adnode is the stimulator......it's the one that stimulates the nuerons, i don't know how the cathode enhances nuero activity......
i have 2 electrodes, anode and cathode, but there's some that have litterly 10 electrodes, all over the skull, that would provide stimulation to the entire brain.......the focus device is cool but it seems to only do the forehead......
my session usally are 20min, but i crank up the voltage to 2ma, it gets intense......and i have to put extra water on the electrode or it burns the skin, i've been paranoid if i put it over my head that it will destroy the hair
i think i need to find another device, there's other treatments besides tdcs......tdcs seems to just send a surge all at once through a current
so.....you do 40min sessions, do you have more electrodes than just 2? i need to get the ones where it does the entire brain
let me know
r
Posted by Hugh on May 18, 2016, at 6:53:37
In reply to Re: transcranial direct current stimulation - review, posted by rjlockhart37 on May 17, 2016, at 23:16:13
I'd suggest doing a lot more sessions with just two electrodes before experimenting with more electrodes. And don't worry about the electrodes damaging your hair. All they will do is make your hair damp. Try stimulating one side of the brain while calming the other side (anode on left side of head and cathode on right side), or you can just work on one side of the brain, by wearing the anode (positive) electrode on the left side of the head and the cathode (negative) electrode on the left shoulder, or you can get a calming effect by wearing the cathode on the right side of the head and the anode on the right shoulder.
Go to this link and scroll down to the Reducing Depression placement, which is the anode at F3 and the cathode at FP2:
Posted by TriedEveryMedication on May 19, 2016, at 2:08:21
In reply to transcranial direct current stimulation - review, posted by rjlockhart37 on May 17, 2016, at 13:20:22
thanks for the review. I think I mentioned here, maybe to you that I found the Thync device to be pretty worthless.
I was wondering about these other devices.
Posted by Hugh on May 19, 2016, at 4:20:12
In reply to Re: transcranial direct current stimulation - review, posted by TriedEveryMedication on May 19, 2016, at 2:08:21
I'm interested in trying tPCS, which is supposed to be more effective than tDCS.
http://help.foc.us/article/16-tpcs-transcranial-pulsed-current-stimulation
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