100% Truth: A Warning anyone considering doing normal TMS or the SAINTS TMS with Dr. Ahmed Muhammad…read moreat the Selma Clinic.
I have waited four months to write this review, praying for my 18-year-old daughter's recovery. If you are considering Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at this clinic, please read our nightmare before risking yours or your child's life.
The Incidents and Medical Neglect:
On February 9, we arrived hopeful for the weeklong SAINT protocol to treat my daughter's depression. After just two sessions, she developed an excruciating migraine and debilitating, terrifying dissociation--symptoms she had never experienced in her life. Dr. Muhammad dismissed our panic, claiming it was a "TMS dip" and told us to push through 8 more agonizing sessions that day. (Note: True TMS dips do not happen after two sessions). We trusted him. That was our biggest mistake.The next day, my daughter could barely lift her head. When we returned to the clinic, Dr. Muhammad was completely missing from the site. Instead of a doctor, we were forced to rely on a receptionist (Jen) who brushed off our terror with empty catchphrases ("I gotcha, I'll take care of it") she did neither of these things. She and Dr. Mohammed are heartless. so we had to rely on a fresh college graduate technician with a liberal arts degree to help us figure out how to proceed. Under their direction, my daughter underwent three more sessions on February 10th. By the third, she was curled in a fetal position in absolute physical and mental agony. She was suffering from memory lapses, loss of coordination, and a severe psychological crisis: she literally could not tell if she or those around her were alive. Dr. Muhammad was still unavailable. We had to pull a completely random neurologist from the hallway to intervene.
The Aftermath and Financial Ruin:
when Dr. Muhammad finally called, his response was cold and dismissive: "Just stop. It's obviously not working." When we explained that he his procedure had altered our daughter's brain and she was no longer the same person, he actively gaslit us, falsely claiming she had these symptoms before arriving.The damage done by those 13 sessions has ruined our lives. For the first two months, my daughter lived in a dark room, unable to eat, walk straight, or function. Four months later, we are still fighting a brutal uphill battle against a severe TMS Brain Injury.
She now suffers 24/7 from: Debilitating dissociation and depersonalization, chronic migraines with extreme light and sound sensitivity, memory loss, vertigo, TMJ and neck pain. We have spent $50,000 out of pocket trying to reverse this damage. We have received zero guidance, accountability, or compassion from Dr. Muhammad, this clinic, or Dr. Brandon Bentley (co-creator of the protocol).
A Final Warning:
Before you let anyone touch your brain or your child's brain, please protect yourself. Go to Facebook and search for the "Victims of TMS" group, where nearly 5,000 people share these exact same horror stories. Tragically, many are no longer here to speak because the severe suffering from their TMS injuries led them to suicide. This clinic took a depressed teenager and left her physically broken and neurologically traumatized. Our lives have been put on hold w no end in sight. She is 19 and cannot attend college, like she always dreamed of doing and I have had to become a ft caregiver. Do not let them do this to you or your family.