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Title: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: strongbad on August 04, 2016, 07:13:53 AM
http://thebrainstimulator.net/abcnightline/

will we eventually just be walking around with weird hats that have electrodes and receive optimal current for whatever task we're doing????
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: C.Mongler on August 04, 2016, 07:42:44 AM
i'll wear a hat if it can control my crippling anxiety
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: FAMY2 on August 04, 2016, 08:28:28 AM
That is frightening. What ever happened to willpower and determination?
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: strongbad on August 04, 2016, 08:35:13 AM
Quote from: C.Mongler on August 04, 2016, 07:42:44 AM
i'll wear a hat if it can control my crippling anxiety

lots of people seem to be using it for depression

Quote from: FAMY2 on August 04, 2016, 08:28:28 AM
That is frightening. What ever happened to willpower and determination?

doesn't work for everyone
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: FAMY2 on August 04, 2016, 09:10:29 AM

Quote from: FAMY2 on August 04, 2016, 08:28:28 AM
That is frightening. What ever happened to willpower and determination?

doesn't work for everyone
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I know it just made me think of Matt, a friend, who went through electro shock therapy. It really messed him up.  saddood;
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: strongbad on August 04, 2016, 04:55:22 PM
oh really? damn that's kind of scary. wonder how the voltage and procedures compared to it at a hobbyist level
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: squirrelfriend on August 04, 2016, 05:00:12 PM
transcranial magnetic stimulation is really expensive and is not effective for people in mixed states
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: strongbad on August 04, 2016, 05:01:30 PM
Quote from: squirrelfriend on August 04, 2016, 05:00:12 PM
transcranial magnetic stimulation is really expensive and is not effective for people in mixed states

is that different from tdcs?
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: squirrelfriend on August 04, 2016, 05:04:34 PM
Yes, because it's stronger than tdcs and it has to be done by a trained professional it utilizes a wand using a magnetic field as opposed to a direct electrical current
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: FAMY2 on August 04, 2016, 08:16:26 PM
Quote from: antmaster5000 on August 04, 2016, 04:55:22 PM
oh really? damn that's kind of scary. wonder how the voltage and procedures compared to it at a hobbyist level


I feel for him. His family practically disowned him and he now lives in the bad part of Detroit. His was done in a hospital.
Title: Re: transcranial direct current stimulation
Post by: Travis on August 04, 2016, 10:04:32 PM
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