My Battle Within, Part II

One clinical trial subjects journey through depression, and out the other side.

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 part two of a series submitted by a clinical trial participant.

This is the H1 coil, which, along with an experimental protocol, would eventually bring relief to our author.

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 words. The story starts with a portrait …