Category Archive for : ‘TMS’

 OCD Treatment Options 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition affecting thousands across the United States and unknown millions worldwide. It can be a daily struggle, and for some it’s debilitating. OCD involves anxiety, compulsive behaviors (like rituals), circular thinking, obsessions, and a lacking sense of reward. Physical symptoms like headaches, insomnia, and disordered eating often follow. OCD has a cumulative negative effect on one’s employment, relationships, and inner life. 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is more than just an inconvenience. People with OCD deserve a better quality of life, and there are

Our Services for Chronic Fatigue

Chronic fatigue is, as its name states, is a feeling of tiredness that doesn’t go away even if the sufferer rests. Ironically, sometimes it is also characterized by insomnia. Chronic fatigue is a frustrating condition that affects thousands every day. We don’t know what causes it and there is no definite cure, but there are plenty of things we can do to manage it and hopefully achieve remission.

While we can’t point to a definite cause, some of the problems that contribute to the development of chronic

 How TMS Treats the OCD Sufferer’s Brain 

The brain is a wondrous machine that we still know little about, but it’s also another part of the body made of carbon-based tissue. The brain interacts with itself at every moment, and sometimes, if a part of the brain is injured or lost, other parts can adapt to fill the need. Certain areas of the brain have specialties with the actions they control and the neurotransmitters they help produce, direct, and inhibit. 

Today, we want to look at the parts of

What TMS Does for OCD

The experience of OCD is worse than it might sound. Plus, OCD is one of the more common mental health disorders. Tragically, it’s also one of the most debilitating when it comes to daily life, surpassed only by bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Millions of people suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder in the United States. Recent studies found that about 1.2% of people at the time the study was conducted matched the clinical definition of an OCD sufferer. That’s well over 7 million people, never mind those

How to Prepare for Your TMS Session 

So, you’ve been to your general physician to talk about your depressive symptoms. They’ve ruled out  non-contributing factors, made recommendations, and referred you to mental health professionals like  a psychiatrist, possibly a therapist too. The diagnosis is in: MDD, or major depressive disorder. The  journey has been hard. You’ve tried several medications, and they either never worked, have stopped  working, or the side effects were too bad to continue. Therapy and social support (family, friends,  groups) can be excellent and produce good results, but

Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 1 

We get a lot of questions about how brain stimulation and neuromodulation work, and we celebrate  that. We want to make sure that our patients are informed at every step of the process, from the initial  call to treatment to follow-up. Always ask us anything you want to know. Today, we want to discuss  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) versus transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We’ve mentioned some  key differences, but the next thing is to talk about how those differences manifest.  

Always remember, your mileage

TMS and Parkinson’s Disease 

We offer TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) as an FDA-approved treatment for MDD (major  depressive disorder), but studies are underway all the time to determine what else could be done with  TMS to help patients with a multitude of disorders. Parkinson’s disease is one of these disorders being  studied.  

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder. This means that it includes cell death in the brain  and/or spinal cord. Over time, this leads to problems with physical and mental function that manifest in  many different ways. Symptoms develop gradually, which

Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 1 

We get a lot of questions about how brain stimulation and neuromodulation work, and we celebrate  that. We want to make sure that our patients are informed at every step of the process, from the initial  call to treatment to follow-up. Always ask us anything you want to know. Today, we want to discuss  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) versus transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We’ve mentioned some  key differences, but the next thing is to talk about how those differences manifest.  

Always remember, your mileage

Pros and Cons of ECT and TMS, Part 2 

Today, we’re continuing our discussion of the pros and cons of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and  transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We’re often asked about the nature of brain stimulation and  neuromodulation, and what naturally follows is wanting to know about the pros and cons of ECT and  TMS. This is vital for the conversation about what will work best for the patient.  

Pros of ECT  

− ECT is currently approved to treat more conditions than TMS is. ECT be used effectively on  conditions like bipolar

What is Bipolar Type 1?  

We talked about general bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) in a recent post, but we  need to narrow down the types of bipolar disorder and describe each of them. There are 4 kinds of  bipolar disorder. Some sources say there are 3 kinds, but research is progressing, and we want to be as  specific as we can to cover our bases.  

Today, we’d like to talk more about bipolar disorder, which we’ll call BD. In general, BD is characterized  by unpredictable periods of mania and