Alternate Depression Treatment with TMS in Santa Monica

Alternative Depression Treatment with TMS

Alternative depression treatment with TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) involves a non-invasive procedure that stimulates the brain to help improve the mood of a patient.

Depression affects how a patient feels and can influence how they act. Depression can be treated or controlled using antidepressant drugs. Commonly a patient can be assisted through psychotherapy. Sometimes a patient resists all treatments and remains depressed even after using antidepressant drugs and psychotherapy. In this case, there is still hope for the patient. TMS can be used to help the patient control their depression symptoms.

TMS is not a surgical procedure. Instead, it uses an electromagnetic coil. The coil is placed against the scalp of the patient, and it releases magnetic pulses when turned on and off repeatedly. The magnetic pulses are released to the brain to activate nerve cells on the part that controls moods.

Each TMS session lasts between 30 and 40 minutes.

Benefits of alternative treatment with TMS

There are other alternative treatments to depression including reflexology and acupuncture, among others. TMS or rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) is becoming more popular because of the following benefits:

• It is non-invasive.
• It has minimal side effects.
• It helps patients who feel hopeless after using other treatments without success.
• It helps patients in a considerably short period of 6 to 8weeks.

If you would like to try out TMS as an alternative depression treatment, talk with us. We are a recognized TMS clinic. We help patients get back to normal life faster.