Sarasota TMS

Upon meeting with our TMS Coordinator, you will learn more about your medical history and symptoms. If TMS is the correct option for you, our TMS physician will then create a treatment plan.

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Unlike other medicine-based treatments, TMS results persist long after the treatment is over. TMS is unique in this regard, since one must stay on medications indefinitely or else they risk relapse and discontinuation syndrome. According to research, 90% of people maintain the benefits of TMS for at least 12 months.

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One technique used to treat depression is Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). TMS therapy is a technological procedure that is non-invasive and it stimulates the brain using repetitive magnetic pulses to improve a patient’s mood.

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Our office employs a variety of TMS protocols to address a range of mental health issues including depression treatment. We have experienced TMS specialists who can customize a program for you.

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TMS is a treatment that fights depression through brain stimulation. With this treatment, your doctor uses an electromagnetic coil. The coil is placed on your scalp during treatment. Your doctor will switch the coil on and off repeatedly to release magnetic pulses. These pulses reactivate nerve cells in your brain.

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The greatest benefit of TMS is that it is a procedure that really works. Depression treatment with traditional medications has fairly low success rates, especially if the initial one or two medicines do not provide adequate comfort. Thousands of studies have demonstrated that TMS has a success rate of at least 68%, whereas medication has a rate of just 37.5%.

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The NeuroStar TMS Therapy system is the first and only non-systemic, non-invasive depression treatment cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for patients who have not benefited from prior antidepressant treatment.

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TMS therapy for depression is the least invasive compared to other treatments. Apart from talk therapy, all other depression treatments invade the functions of the body in one way or another. For example, deep brain stimulation and vagal nerve stimulation depression treatments are more invasive.

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Studies have shown that TMS is an effective way to treat various types of depression. It was first studied on adult patients who had failed with previous treatments for major depressive disorder.

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If you are considering Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy to treat your depression, you are probably wondering what the treatment plan looks like and how you will benefit from the procedure. This article will walk you through the treatment basics and the benefits of TMS as compared to other treatments for depression.

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Dr. Gluszak specializes in providing high quality, personalized care to adults, children and adolescents, including (but not limited to):
• Depression & Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Mood Disorders
• ADHD
• Learning Problems
• Parenting Issues

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Is TMS an alternate depression treatment? There are several potential treatments for depression. Some include natural lifestyle changes while others involve the use of medications. The treatments can be classified
as mainstream and alternative (complementary).

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Medications and talk therapy may have limited effects in the treatment of depression, but there is hope. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) has been shown to be an effective form of treatment for depression.

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a procedure that stimulates nerve cells in the brain. The procedure is done for a patient who has severe depression and other treatments seem to have failed. TMS therapy is non-invasive, as it uses magnetic fields that directly stimulate the brain. Other depression treatments involve antidepressants and psychotherapy.

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The TMS Therapy system produces the same magnetic fields as MRI machines using quick, highly concentrated pulses. The treatment coil is positioned above the left prefrontal cortex, which regulates mood. Because of this, these fields will be focused there.

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Magnetic pulses generate strong, brief magnetic fields that are identical to those generated by MRI machines. A treatment coil is placed on the patient’s head to deliver fields to the left prefrontal cortex, which is involved in mood regulation.

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TMS employs a coil placed on the scalp to generate rapidly alternating magnetic fields. These magnetic fields pe*****te the skull and produce electric currents that depolarize neurons in a specific region of the frontal cortex.

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TMS Therapy has proven to be safe and effective in treating patients who were suffering from Major Depressive Disorder. This therapy was studied in adult patients, all of whom had not been receiving satisfactory improvement with previous treatments.

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Depression is common in our world, and it can be treated with medication. There are many different types of antidepressants out there for you to choose from, including SSRIs and older drug classes like tricyclic antidepressants. These medications have been proven to work for the treatment of depression.

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TMS elicits magnetic energy, which turns into electrical current underneath the patient’s skull, to help regulate the patient’s emotions. TMS is an adjunct treatment that works along with medication and is non-invasive (does not require surgery).

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During TMS therapy for depression, a patient sits in a chair while a helmet is gently placed over the head. An electromagnetic coil inside the helmet painlessly delivers brief magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain that may be “asleep” because of a major depressive disorder.

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Depression is a dark and lonely abyss that many people find themselves in, often feeling as if there’s no way out. Yet we specialize in treating depression with TMS therapy. This FDA-approved procedure doesn’t require hospitalization or anesthesia because it works by stimulating the area of your brain responsible for moods and emotions.

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NeuroStar uses transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to target key areas of the brain that are underactive in people with depression. It is not ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). While the exact cause of depression is not known, the leading scientific theory is that it is caused by an imbalance of the brain’s neurotransmitters, which are chemical messengers that send signals between brain cells.

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TMS therapy for depression works by stimulating a part of the brain that is involved in moods and emotions. This is not electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and does not cause memory loss or harmful side effects.

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It has been estimated that 17% of Americans will experience depression at some point in their lives. Antidepressant medications, such as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI), are often the first line treatment for depression but they only work in 50–60% of people and there can be side effects ranging from headache to nausea, sexual dysfunction or loss of motor control.

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TMS therapy for depression stimulates a part of the brain that is involved in moods and emotions. It does not cause memory loss or harmful side effects, unlike electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Because magnetic pulses only reach a small portion of the brain directly beneath the treatment coil, moods are affected without causing any adverse side effects.

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Medications and talk therapy may have limited effects in the treatment of depression, but there is hope. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) has been shown to be an effective form of treatment for depression. TMS may help by stimulating a part of the brain that is involved in moods and emotions, without any memory loss or harmful side effects as seen with ECT treatments.

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TMS stands for “transcranial magnetic stimulation.” This process is used to treat depression by non-invasively stimulating the brain, similar to how an MRI machine stimulates the brain.

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