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Greetings from YOUR team at Anew Era TMS & Psychiatry Austin!
Depression is a serious mental health condition that impacts approximately 16 million Americans each year. Living with depression is akin to shifting one’s world from vibrant color to bleak tones of gray, removing the life and vitality from every aspect of living. Feelings of listlessness, despair, persistent sadness and deep fatigue punctuate the days. With no energy or motivation to participate in life, days become defined by sleep and watching television. Living with depression is not living at all.
Can you imagine feeling 80% better this holiday season?
Since the Holidays are right around the corner, we want to make sure you enter this Holiday Season ready to tackle the joys and not so joyous challenges the Season may bring with the best mental fitness you deserve!
We noticed you had a TMS consultation with us in the past and felt like this would be a perfect time to reach out and revisit how TMS Therapy can help you!
For most of us, the Holidays tend to bring on some form of anxiety and/or depression. As you know, anxiety and depression often go hand in hand. This is why we want to share with you how effective TMS has been for many of our patients in treating their anxiety as well as their depression.
Please remember, we offer a highly effective TMS anxiety treatment protocol at no cost to you when you are being treated with TMS for depression. In fact, the majority of our patients are able to reduce their anxiety by over 80%!
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*Anew Era TMS & Psychiatry in Austin does not accept Medicare
How TMS Works
TMS therapy for depression requires no anesthesia, no surgery, and no recovery time. The patient will be fully alert during the therapy sessions, seated comfortably in an office setting. A coil is positioned over the scalp, through which magnetic pulses will flow. As the magnetic pulses penetrate the scalp electrical currents are induced that will target the left prefrontal cortex of the brain. As the currents reach about 2 cm in-depth into the brain tissue the underactive brain cells are then stimulated. Over the 4-6 week course of treatment, this process will help to reset the brain chemistry, which results in improvement of depression symptoms.
Is TMS Safe?
Because TMS therapy does not involve incisions, surgery, or general anesthesia, it is easy, safe, and requires no downtime. There is no hospital stay involved or any recovery time. Patients can immediately return to their usual daily activities following the TMS therapy session. Because there is no medication involved, there are no side effects such as those associated with antidepressants. Some transient side effects have been reported for TMS, including mild to moderate headache, scalp sensitivity, lightheadedness, and facial tingling. All of these resolved spontaneously as treatment proceeded.
