A Clinical Trial Participant Tells His Story of Depression

There is hope for depression, but it doesn't start that way.

The Frontier Psychiatrists is not, despite the name, only from the perspective of literal Psychiatrists. The name is a reference to The Avalanches song, for one thing! We love to feature the voices of patients (and other stakeholders) in pursuing human health. This is a newsletter about the frontier, where things are full of possibility. It's not just the old, stale, worn out hope, it's about new possibilities for how well you could feel. Today, I have an article submitted by a clinical trial participant. He enrolled in a research study, to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated transcranial stimulation. This is his story, only lightly edited for ease of reading. It’s a dispatch from that hopeful frontier. Jonathan Rosenberg is the author, and his story is, at times, challenging to read. His pain pokes at us, right through the page. The story starts with a portrait of Jonathan as a young man, and it hurt to read, even knowing he does ok in the end. I know Jonathan becau…