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Updated: 3:08 PM CDT Jul 16, 2021 Troy Frisby Digital Content Producer Jenna Bierma thought she’d exhausted most options for managing her depression, which her sister also had before dying by suicide at age 24. I ve tried everything with depression. I’ve tried every medication, every treatment that s out there, Bierma said.Dr. Vidhya Selvaraj is a psychiatrist at Omaha Insomnia & Psychiatric Services who used magnetic fields to treat Bierma s depression.The process is known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. They feel hopeless, Selvaraj said. They lose interest in things they used to enjoy. they don t feel motivated. They can t focus. They can t concentrate. The severe depression can lead to people wanting to end it all. But with TMS, she said she typically sees results within two weeks of treatments.For Bierma, a star student whose depression often kept her in bed, it’s made a world of difference. Being able to get out of bed like
Omaha psychiatrist uses magnetic fields to treat depression It s just been amazing: Patient finds success with high tech treatment for depression Share Updated: 10:34 PM CST Feb 21, 2021 It s just been amazing: Patient finds success with high tech treatment for depression Share Updated: 10:34 PM CST Feb 21, 2021
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Show Transcript AN OMAHA PSYCHIATRIST SAYS SHE IS SEEING POSITIVE OUTCOMES USING A HIGH-TECH TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION. IT IS FOR DEPRESSION DIFFERENT TO TREAT WITH MEDICATION. IT INVOLVES STIMULATING THE BRAIN WITH MAGNETIC PULSES. HOW IT WORKS AND THE PATIENTS SEEING RESULTS. REPORTER: AS JENNA CRANKS OUT CHEMISTRY HOMEWORK, SHE KNOWS THIS FOR CERTAIN. I M HAPPY. I M WAITING TO GET INTO PHARMACY SCHOOL AND HAPPY WITH WHERE MY LIFE IS GOING. Reporter: IT IS HARD-FOUGHT HAPPINESS THERE IS A HISTORY OF DIFFICULT TO TREAT DEPRESSION IN HER FAMILY, STARTING WITH HER OLDER SISTER JILL. MY SISTER WAS 24 YEARS O