rTMS for cPTSD/ depression

Question

My cPTSD and depression are interwoven.
I’ve been a depressive episode for about 3 months now. My therapist thinks this depressive episode started when I dumped a guy I had been seeing, and then found out from my friends and therapists he was >!emotionally and sexually abusing me!<. And I just never got a chance to recover fully from that before more life-shit kept happening that’s hard to explain, but involves cPTSD and unsupportive family. It has been a LOT to deal with and honestly hit me harder than the abuse.

In the past when I’ve had worsening depression and mentioned it to a provider who cared, they tried medication augmentation. But I had a bad response to that involving a Black Box warning.

So my therapist is referring me for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation instead. I’ve read it can be helpful, and have heard from virtual friends that they know folks it’s been effective for.

Just curious about anyone’s experience with it.

Posted Aug 29, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC

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