Dr W: Tell me about your experience with TMS.

Patient: My experience with TMS has been life-changing. When I first came to Dr. Wycoff the very first day I was here, I was in shambles. I was crying. I had severe panic attacks. I had driven myself to the emergency room.  I was having so much anxiety that I wasn’t able to sleep. I was up probably about nine to 10 times a night. It was crippling anxiety. And now that my treatment is over, I think I’m 30 days after treatment, I’m doing amazing. I’m sleeping like a baby through the night and when you get full sleep, it’s just changes the whole trajectory of your day. It’s been super impactful. I can’t say enough about the TMS treatment.

I was very skeptical in the beginning. I thought maybe it was a scam. I didn’t really know if it was real or if it was going to be something for me. But I was so desperate that I was willing to try it. I was extremely stressed and overwhelmed. I had a very high stress job that was very demanding and I believe that was one of the things that really impacted me being stressed and depressed and having anxiety.

However, it was an underlying condition. I’ve suffered from these symptoms for the majority of my life. I had  a lot of trauma growing up from a narcissist parent. When I came for treatment I was very dedicated. I made a commitment to myself that I was going to do all 36 treatments and that I was going to be here. I was going to be timely and I was going to fully participate.

I was smoking marijuana, was taking THC primarily because I thought it would help me with my anxiety and I also thought it was going to help me with my sleep. Little did I know that it was counter it did not help me. I was basically just poisoning myself.

But when I started the treatment, I made a commitment to Dr. Wycoff and I kept my promise that I would stop doing that so I could get the full effects of the treatment. And since then, I have quit. I have no desire to go back.

Dr W: It’s the best thing I could hear!

Patient: You fill out a questionnaire every time you come to check your progress. There were some questions on there, and when I first started, I thought they were weird questions. I didn’t really know what they meant. One was, “Do you notice beauty around you?  “Do you notice nature or beautiful things, your surroundings or do you notice colors?”

At first I didn’t know what that meant, but since I finished my treatment I’m doing so amazing that I really I’ve it made me want to keep up my health because I was feeling so good. I have been exercising and going for a lot of walks, and when I go outside now, I know what was meant by those questions because um I am aware of the beautiful things. I see the trees and I see the water and I see the grass and I don’t know if my senses are heightened, but I’m starting to notice the beautiful things in my surroundings.

I’m so much more calm. I love that. So much more pleasant to be around.  One of the things that shared with Dr. Wycoff upon my completion of the treatments is that my grown daughter has seen seen the sporadics, The ups and the downs and the craziness and the dysfunction and all of that stuff. And a lot of times I felt guilty like I was you know not the best mom because I wasn’t stable and so I put a lot of guilt on myself. However, she came to visit me when I was doing my treatments and she just said, “Mom, I see what a difference. What a significant difference.” She said I was so much more pleasurable to be around. She said she can see the difference. She said your overall just wellbeing and you’re not so OCD or ADD like.

I don’t want to put those labels on myself, but I couldn’t sit down. I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t do a lot of that stuff. It would make her nervous because I was constantly just being erratic.

And now I’m able to be calm and focused and be present and it brought me to tears because it was really then I knew it was working because when she could see it.

Since then I have run into old friends and different co-workers and they have given me a lot of compliments which is reall nice. It helps to build your self-esteem and your confidence and it’s just nice to hear because not only do they see it but I feel it and it’s genuine.

Dr W: Oh, I’m so glad.

Patient:   Like I said, the TMS treatment is life changing. I just can’t say enough about it. The depression has completely subsided.  I’ve battled depression the majority of my life. I’ve been on anti-depressants since I was a young child and I  have no depression symptoms at all. I get up, I’m excited for the day. I’m able to cope with things better. I’m not saying that it takes away all your problems. I still face some difficult situations, but I’m able to maneuver through them and I’m able to just cope and to make better decisions. I feel clarity.

Dr W: I love it.

Patient: I felt like I was living under this black cloud for such a long time and those symptoms kind of become you. But the black cloud lifted.  This is who I am!

But Dr. Wycoff, one of the things that you told me in the last session and I took it to heart. It said, that’s who you were all along.

Dr W: Yes. This is who you were.

Patient: This is who you were all along. And it just it hit my heart. It pulled on my heartstrings. And I was like, you know what? I had just put myself down so much. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. And then I realized there was nothing wrong with me the whole time. I just needed help.

Dr W: Well, you were depressed. There was an imbalance. And you were anxious. But that’s not who you are.

Patient: Yes. But I thought I was I thought it was because I had just, it had become like normal.

Dr W: Yes. It becomes your identity because you don’t know any other. But this is the real you.

Patient: This is the real me. And yes, just learning how to fall in love with myself again. And it’s just lifted me. It’s lifted me in so many ways. And it’s made my energy go up with the treatments. I don’t know what it did or why it did, but it made my energy go really high. So it’s different it’s not like erratic. It’s just kind of like it’s not like amped. It’s more like you’re lighter, right?

Oh, so much. That’s the word lighter. And so, I’m able to clean house, a lot of stuff that I never did before that I always wanted to do. So, more recently, I planted a garden.

Dr W: Oh, I love it.

Patient: Yes. So, when I left the TMS treatments or when I completed them, I felt like this is a new life and wanted to have some new life. And I have never planted anything in my entire life. And so, I wanted to do it from the ground up. I bought some seedlings and I planted them and every single day I check on them and I water them and I make sure they’re in the sun and they’ve sprouted. I’ve grown a bunch of herbs. I have cilantro and basil and mint and a bunch of different herbs.

Dr W: Watch that mint. It’ll take over.

Patient: Yes.  I planted some carrots, and some tomatoes. I also did sunflowers. It’s really super cool just to be able to see that life.

Dr W: Sure.

Patient: And it’s very relaxing. It’s very calming when I go out there and this is it’s all new for me, but I’m enjoying life for the first time in a very long time.

Dr W: So glad. We’re so glad for you.

Patient: Exercise is helping as well, and I feel motivated. I feel motivated to do it because when you don’t sleep and you don’t eat well and you don’t have good habits, you can’t think of working out, but now it’s become such a big part of my life. I take a walk every single day and the walking has just helped me so much.

And then another thing is this office. Oh, this office. I can’t say enough about it. I’ve never felt more welcomed and more seen as a person and more not judged or criticized. People were genuine, genuine, genuine. And not just one person, every person.

 I had multiple treaters. I started off with Austin and then I moved over to Nick and they were just super wonderful. The intake person, Avery helped me out. I needed a lot of paperwork for my disability claim and with my FMLA for work. And he was tremendous. Nothing was ever a problem. Everything was fast and quick. I never had to ask twice. The billing department, I had different insurances and I had a lot of problems with that, but they were able to help me navigate through it and they were just wonderful.

Another thing that I really enjoyed is every time I walked into the doctor’s office here they called me by my name and that was something that I hadn’t been seen as a person for a long time. So every day I’d walk in and it’d be like, “Hi Sasha, how are you?”  Then it felt like just at home, you know, like I wanted to be here.

And when I was going through these medical treatments, this was not the only doctor’s office that I attended. I’ve attended the chiropractor, the physical therapist, the counselor, the primary physician. So, I wasn’t only just going to this doctor’s office. I was going to multiple doctor’s offices. However, none of them made me feel like this one did.

Dr W: Oh, thank you for telling us that.

Patient: I I felt like I’ve made friends. You know, when I walked in today, Nick gave me a big hug and it’s special. It’s heartwarming. It just makes all the difference. So, the office had a big impact on me.

Dr W: Thank you for telling us that because you know what? Our patients deserve that.

Patient: Oh, I think everybody deserves that, you know, and not everybody gets that. I think when I was going to the other doctors, I was just another person and it was like they just want money and so like they really don’t care about your health and so it’s  very disappointing. But with this office, everybody is like, “We want to see you get better.”

And they do, you guys do track the progress. And so it was good to see throughout, that I could feel that I was improving. Because at first I was like, “Well, how am I supposed to feel? Is this going to make me feel different or when am I going to feel it or how’s it going to kick in?” And then it is gradual, but by the time you get to the end of the appointments, it’s just tremendous.

Dr W: It’s amazing.

Patient: It’s amazing. It’s a miracle. I feel like this was, well, I’m spiritual, so I feel like God brought me here and I’m forever grateful. I’m forever grateful. I can’t even say thank you enough.

Dr W: We couldn’t be happier for you. You know, this is all we want is to see this.

Patient: It’s a treatment that works. And the cool thing is that it’s noninvasive. So, it’s not like you’re going through a surgery or something that is going to be harmful or something that you could have an adverse impact or something. It’s completely safe.

And it’s only for a few minutes. You come in here maybe half an hour a day. It’s not a hassle or an inconvenience out of your life, you know, it’s just a part of it.

Another thing that I liked is that you guys work as a team. I  did see Riz who  took care of my medications and the regimen that he put me on was very specific to me and my needs and he monitored me so I really like that as well because I could be honest with him and upfront and say I don’t like the way I’m feeling on this or I think the milligrams are too high. It was really nice to have access to him when I came into the office. If I needed to ask him a question, he was right there.

Dr. Hubbard, he was great. I didn’t have a lot of interaction with him, but he’s extremely knowledgeable, high credentials. He knows his stuff. And not only that, he was also supportive as for me as well on the FMLA. That’s when at one point I didn’t know if I was going to go back to work, but the work was giving me a hard time. They were harassing me. I asked Dr. Hubbard if he could sign a form where I was told that I could not have any interaction with work until my treatments had concluded. And he completely supported me. He wrote the letter.

Dr W: Oh, they thought you were faking.

Patient: They thought I was faking or they didn’t believe in the treatment, right? They were giving me a hard time. And then when he wrote the letter, it was like, “Oh, this is the real deal.” She’s definitely receiving the treatments. I really liked that. And then, of course, Dr. Wycoff, she’s wonderful. I’m telling you, the first day I came in here, I told myself I have to be transparent, I don’t know. I don’t know about this place. But like I said, it turned out to life changing.

Dr W: It’s so good to see you this way.

Patient: Yes.  I feel amazing.

Dr W: You know what? You show it. It shows. It’s just really nice to see.

Patient: On the first day I came in here, I was in shambles.I can’t say like I’m a suicidal person because I do have my daughter and I don’t feel like I would ever act on any of those things. I’ve actually experienced that firsthand with a family member. But the day I came in here, I was contemplating it. It had crossed my mind several times. I was in shambles. I was crying. I remember I was just not in a good space. Now my life is completely turned around.

Another thing is that I was feeling a lot of loneliness. I guess that also came with the depression because I’m single, I don’t know if this is an attribute to the treatment but in my personal experience I don’t feel lonely anymore.

Dr W: Oh, I love that.

Patient:  I wanted a relationship because I felt like I needed to cling to somebody to help me with my identity or to fill in that hole in my heart. But now I feel I’m so filled up that I’m not lonely. I love my life and I feel that if I meet somebody now, cool. And if I don’t meet somebody now, cool. I don’t care either way. Like I complete me.

Dr W: That’s huge.

Patient: It’s huge. I’ve never felt like that before because I’ve yearned for it and I always thought, well, I see other people in relationships and I think what’s wrong with me? But I don’t feel like that anymore. It was the depression and the anxiety and then both of them together. It was it was destroying my life. I was on my last rope. I felt like if this treatment doesn’t work for me, then there’s no hope for me. And whoa, did it.  It’s a miracle. It’s life-changing. It did wonders for me. It was wonderful.

If I could recommend it to anybody or if anybody’s skeptical or If anybody thinks that it would help them, I’ll be the first one to say it. I’ll give raving reviews because it’s changed my life. And not only that, I did some research. I looked on Instagram. I looked at Tik Tok. I’ve looked at other people because I wanted to see people six months down the road because I just wanted to see what am I up against. Is this going to be sustainable? I know everybody’s experience is different but in the research that I have done this lasts a long time.

Dr W: oh yes you could keep it for years but we know genetics play a role, you being clean living plays a role and that’s what you’re doing that’ll extend your result but if symptoms return you can do it again, insurance will cover you again.

Patient: That’s awesome.

Dr W: The way you’re taking care of yourself, I think this is going to last for quite a while.

Patient: Yes. And again, in my research, from what I have seen in other people’s experiences, they have raving reviews just like I do.

Dr W:  It lasts. That’s what’s so great about it.

Patient: Yes. Which is so crazy because you wouldn’t think a little brain treatment would.

Dr W: Well, it stimulates the part of your brain that regulates everything. And so if you take care of yourself and you don’t use substances, which I know you’re not going to, then that area is going to remain stimulated and you should be fine. You know, genetics play a role, you know. 90% of patients keep this result for more than a year and some for many years. You may never come back to us or you may come back in a few years.

Patient: Maybe I’ll just come back to say hi.

Dr W: We hope so!