If you are looking for an alternative treatment to medication or therapy for your mental health, NeuroStar Advanced TMS therapy might be right for you. This innovative treatment is designed for adult and adolescent (15+) patients with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxious depression. If you are a patient with these concerns who has not found relief with other treatments, NeuroStar TMS could be the right treatment for you. This highly safe and low-risk treatment is completely non-surgical and non-invasive, making it an ideal treatment alternative for our Minneapolis patients.
How does NeuroStar TMS work, and is it right for you? In this article, we explore how NeuroStar TMS treats depression by delving into the science behind NeuroStar TMS therapy and depression. For more information about NeuroStar Advanced TMS therapy and to discover if this treatment is right for you, book your consultation with Pinnacle Behavioral Healthcare today.
NeuroStar Advanced TMS therapy is a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy. TMS is a non-invasive, non-surgical, and non-drug procedure that works to treat mental health conditions at the source—your brain. While medication works to regulate the brain from the inside-out, TMS works to regulate the brain from the outside in.
TMS works by stimulating specific regions of the brain using controlled electromagnetic pulses. These pulses generate electrical currents that safely activate your neurons (brain cells) in targeted brain areas. These brain areas are the brain regions that regulate and control your mood, behavior, and emotion—such as your prefrontal cortex. These are also the brain areas that are most commonly impacted in patients that experience depression and other mental health challenges.
TMS is designed to be a progressive treatment, with multiple treatment sessions, to stimulate your brain repeatedly. This repeated stimulation induces neuroplasticity, which is your brain’s ability to reorganize and form new neural connections. In patients with depression, these areas often show abnormal activity or connectivity patterns, which leads to the symptoms that cause depression. By modulating these regions and stimulating them, TMS therapy aims to improve and normalize your brain function, alleviate your depression symptoms, and improve your overall mood and well-being. Over time, your brain learns to improve its activity independently, without the support of the treatment—allowing you to experience sustained, long-lasting mental health relief.
NeuroStar Advanced TMS therapy is considered to be the gold-standard treatment of its kind and is the #1 recommended treatment by doctors. NeuroStar TMS is offered as a tailored treatment plan designed to meet the unique mental health needs of our patients. Typically, treatments are six to seven weeks in length and consist of daily sessions that take as little as 20 minutes. After each treatment, our patients are free to leave immediately—this treatment does not require any downtime or recovery time. NeuroStar is painless for most patients and has no adverse side effects. Any side effects experienced are mild and can be easily treated with over-the-counter pain relief medication.
NeuroStar is backed by a wealth of clinical research that proves its high-quality results. Sixty-five clinical trials have been conducted on over 100,000 patients with almost 6 million NeuroStar treatments. In each of these treatment sessions, none of the clinical study patients experienced any adverse effects whatsoever. The only side effects that patients experienced were minor, temporary, and described as “uncomfortable” rather than painful.
If medication, therapy, and other treatments have failed you—turn to NeuroStar. NeuroStar Advanced TMS therapy can be a better, safer, and gentler treatment alternative for your mental health. Dr. Awosika and his team of medical specialists at Pinnacle Behavioral Healthcare can help you discover how NeuroStar TMS can ease your mental health symptoms and enjoy a better standard of living.
Schedule your consultation with us today to learn more about the science behind TMS therapy and depression. We specialize in treating people from all walks of life, with a focus on empathy and compassion. With two offices in Edina and Long Prairie, we offer a number of psychiatric services for patients throughout Minnesota, including ADHD testing, medication management, psychotherapy, Spravato (esketamine) treatment and TMS. From the moment that you step into our spacious and comfortable office, you will know that you are in excellent hands and that your needs will be well cared for. Call now.
