LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — After more than six decades of living with major depression, Hot Springs resident Sandy Rasmussen is marking a milestone: one year in remission after receiving a new treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Rasmussen said she battled major depression for more than 60 years, trying medications and other treatments and surviving multiple suicide attempts.
“At one point when I tried to commit suicide I was in a coma for 3 days, and when they took me off the breathing machines I was mad. I was mad because they saved me. I was through with this life,” Rasmussen said.
She said depression also strained her relationships.
Now it has effected my marriage its effected my friendships, I just wish my mother had lived to see this, to see that I did survive
Rasmussen reached remission after receiving SAINT depression therapy at UAMS. Doctors said the noninvasive treatment uses targeted magnetic pulses to treat areas of the brain linked to depression and can work in just days, offering new hope for patients with treatment-resistant depression.
UAMS said the treatment is now available in Arkansas and could help many of the nearly one in three Arkansans who report symptoms of depression. For more information, click here.
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