Category: TMS

Let’s first take a quick look at what anxiety is.  Rather than define it, I will list some synonyms that spell out different flavors of anxiety.  These include words like nervous, jittery, jiggy, worried, keyed up and dread.  At one end it can blur into fear; at another, depression.  But unlike depression, it is more…

Why does depression even exist? Many times I have asked myself this question.  Because It doesn’t seem to make sense that nature would allow for such a disabling, apparently useless thing to happen, especially so frequently. I have come to believe that many of the things that we call mental illness occur because there is…

Depression seems to have several roots, which may come in different proportions in different people. Many people with major depression have a genetic predisposition to it.  It tends to run in families.  There are psychological components, often beginning in childhood and family experiences which may cause thought patterns that increase the likelihood of depression.  Then…

TMS was approved by the FDA in 2008. TMS has been shown to be effective in multiple medical studies. TMS is more effective than medications once three antidepressants have not worked. The effect is long lasting. Often people are still doing well years later. If depression does come back, more treatments restore the benefit 85%…

TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) is an entirely new approach to depression. It uses a series of magnetic pulses to enhance and restore brain function. It does this by activating brain cells and strengthening their connections with one another; similar to how exercise strengthens muscles.  Once three or more medications have failed, TMS is 2-3 more…