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New therapy that fights depression sparks current of optimism.
Byline: Judith Blake
SEATTLE _ She counts herself "really lucky" now. Yet a Seattle woman once endured depression so overwhelming that at times she could not make herself get up to face the day.
"There were times when I couldn't work at all," said the woman, 55, who asked that her name not be used. "I would be in bed for weeks at a time, then feel just worthless when I got up." Though she managed to raise a family and build a career as a marketing consultant, clinical depression was a "monster" whose periodic visits brought deep despair.
So why is she lucky? Because she's emerged from her misery _ thanks, she believes, to a new therapy being tested at Harborview Medical Center.
The treatment: stimulation of the brain with a magnet. So far, it's available only to research subjects and does not yet have government approval for general use in depression.
If fighting depression with magnets sounds like hocus-pocus, take another look. Though scientists say they need to learn more,…
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