03/25/2025
TMS or Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation treats depression with patients that have treatment resistant depression. Meaning that you have tried medications, therapy, or counseling and despite those efforts, you are still experiencing negative symptoms.
When a person is experiencing depressive symptoms, neurons that are involved with mood are dormant or not operating at their full capacity. TMS sends magnetic pulses to regions of the brain to stimulate these areas to help reactivate those neurons. Stimulating these areas can relieve depressive and anxious symptoms.
The standard protocol is 36 20-minute treatments. The first 6 weeks, the treatments take place Monday-Friday and the last 3 weeks, they take place 2-3 times a week for a total of 9 weeks. Patients are normally in and out of the office within 25-30 minutes.
Most major insurance carriers will cover 70-100 percent of the treatment cost.
