Freddie Webster, 26 years old, had been living with his depression for at least a decade and had voiced his desire to end his depressed life. Webster took comfort on a lot of anti-depressants. Now, he believes that he’s feeling much better—all thanks to magnets, SWNS reports.
Webster shared that living his life every single day was torturous. Even though he would seem as if he was having fun with his friends, he would soon relapse into his depression.
Webster, now that he’s feeling better, claimed that he had been cured due to his discovery of the transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. The process focuses on the part of the brain responsible for mood regulation.
According to SWNS, TMS therapy could cost up to $6,500. The therapy uses a couple of hand-sized magnets that’s attached to the head to commence a magnetic field at the brain’s left frontal cortex.
Webster, who’s a web consultant, said, “The magnet is the size of two hands and it rests on your head on the target. It happens in short bursts, maybe one minute apart. You can feel it tapping, it’s quite unpleasant like an electric woodpecker zapping the front of your head.”
Webster, who’s from Leatherhead, Surrey, suddenly felt very depressed and overpowered by suicidal thoughts. He somehow put the blame on his parents’ divorce when he was only sixteen. He also considered his private high school experience, where everyone was too competitive, as a major factor.
Webster said, “That accumulation of school and home life led to depression, it triggered a change in me that has been on going ever since. It came in varying degrees affecting every area of my life, academically, work, friends and relationships.”
When he went to America for a summer camp in 2015, Webster still felt depressed.
Webster said, “At my lowest point, I could barely form sentences or think straight. My memory wouldn’t function and I felt like my mind was completely shutting down. The anti-depressants weren’t working and that was the point where I decided something radical needed to be done.”
He continued, “People said it was just holiday blues but I felt paralyzed and got to a point where I couldn’t concentrate enough to form sentences. I felt like I should have been in a hospital, I felt completely crazy and was getting suicidal thoughts all day every day.
“There was no point in life, I would walk past a car park and think I could jump off that and I’d be dead. Just being alive was a torment.”
Webster began his therapy sessions in January and finished it two weeks ago. He claimed that he was feeling well and had a feeling that he was given a clean slate in life.
Webster said, “I’ve never felt this clear headed. It feels like it’s taken me back to when I was 15 again.”
