When you suffer from poor mental health, it can affect every aspect of your daily living, including your personal, professional, and financial life. Unfortunately, not everyone responds positively to primary treatments like medication or psychotherapy.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy is an effective option for treatment-resistant depression. TMS has a proven track record of reducing depression symptoms in individuals and creating a greater quality of life. Contact us today to discover how TMS therapy in Austin works.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive treatment option that is FDA-cleared for the treatment of depression and depression-related anxiety and as an adjunctive therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). TMS uses magnetic waves to stimulate areas of the brain known to affect mood disorders.
This treatment is considered non-invasive because it does not break the skin, even though the electromagnetic waves can penetrate the skull by two to three centimeters. Researchers have not identified the exact pathway that TMS uses to improve your symptoms. However, imaging studies have shown that areas of the brain known to affect mood disorders are far less active in people with depression than in those without it.
These same imaging studies performed after TMS treatment and the reduction or elimination of symptoms of depression show these areas of the brain are now much more active.
Your brain has neural connections responsible for your physical and cognitive abilities. From childhood through your senior years, you learn and retain new information. Part of that ability is due to brain plasticity, also called neuroplasticity.
As you age, the degree of brain plasticity drops. However, you can continue to learn, and your brain keeps adapting at a slower rate. You can improve your neuroplasticity through exercise, good nutrition, and engaging your brain in challenges like puzzles, learning new information, or adapting to new environments.
TMS therapy in Austin takes advantage of this by working to stimulate your brain cells, forcing them to adapt to change and improving neuroplasticity.
Studies have found that the result from TMS therapy can last up to one year or more. However, this treatment reduces or eliminates mental health symptoms, allowing you to make significant lifestyle changes that can extend the results, including the following:
These factors influence your mood, brain plasticity, and overall health. TMS therapy offers the opportunity to eliminate or reduce depression symptoms so you can successfully engage in additional treatment options. Call us today to learn more about how TMS therapy works for our Austin patients.
