Anyone familiar with S.A.I.N.T.?

Posted by gravity3 @gravity3, Nov 21, 2025

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@ashleygm814 In reading over the info from Stanford it sounded as if doing imaging was a big part of doing STAIN....being able to target where needed. If where you went didn't do an MRI was other imaging offered? Has enough time passed that you have finished treatment? If so how do you feel about the outcome?

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I have never done TMS. I do Spravato.

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I would like information about anyone's experience with this treatment. I have tried TMS and ECT:https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-treatments/s/stanford-accelerated-intelligent-neuromodulation-therapy.html

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I wrote Johns Hopkins about this protocol. Their response was, they are looking for similar protocols, but would probably not be doing this one because of the cost involved.

Things are looking hopeful, though. Now that Stanford has proven a valuable protocol, others will follow along. Eventually.

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I would like information about anyone's experience with this treatment. I have tried TMS and ECT:https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-treatments/s/stanford-accelerated-intelligent-neuromodulation-therapy.html

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I have had ECT and it was the worst thing that happened to me because I lost years I've lost at least 3 years that I do not remember that was very important to me. It helped for 6 months and then it stopped. I used TMS did not work for me

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I have had ECT and it was the worst thing that happened to me because I lost years I've lost at least 3 years that I do not remember that was very important to me. It helped for 6 months and then it stopped. I used TMS did not work for me

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@synthiame I also had a negative experience with ECT. I had to stop after 5 treatments because it gave me horrible depersonalization which lasted MONTHS! I had high hopes because it successfully helped my grandmother and many people are helped by it. I did not lose memory .

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I would like information about anyone's experience with this treatment. I have tried TMS and ECT:https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-treatments/s/stanford-accelerated-intelligent-neuromodulation-therapy.html

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I did ECT a few different times in my life. I lost the majority of my memories of my children's childhood. It was hands down the worst decision I ever made. It only made me a zombie, and what I lost was devastating.

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