Depression can be a devastating mental illness that impacts you daily and reduces your quality of life. Depression is more than feeling a little sad. Instead, it is a clinical diagnosis that is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and fatigue. You may experience changes in sleep or appetite, difficulty concentrating, and a significant impairment in your daily functioning. The most commonly prescribed treatments are antidepressant medications and psychotherapy. However, antidepressant medications do not work for everyone.
If you are looking for an effective treatment option for your symptoms of depression, call The TMS Center of New Jersey for a consultation to learn more about the role of TMS in managing treatment-resistant depression.
Treatment-resistant depression is a medical diagnosis indicating you have failed to respond to antidepressant medications and have experienced little or no symptom relief. When you have treatment-resistant depression, the standard FDA-approved medications, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), including Zoloft and Prozac, are ineffective.
This can leave you experiencing lengthy periods of clinical depression that severely impact your daily life. Prolonged symptoms are a significant challenge, and the healthcare providers at The TMS Center of New Jersey want to help. The condition is not fully understood, but researchers believe several factors contribute to it, including genetics, chronic stress, and co-occurring disorders such as substance abuse. Fortunately, NeuroStar TMS has a part to play in potentially alleviating the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression.
NeuroStar TMS Advanced Therapy uses transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to deliver low levels of magnetic stimulation to areas of the brain known to affect mood. This non-invasive technique has proven safe and effective for many people around the world, and those treated at The TMS Center of New Jersey.
TMS improves symptoms of depression and other mood-based disorders by increasing brain activity that has been suppressed by depression. Imaging studies have demonstrated that areas of the brain that control mood are less active in people with clinical depression than in people without depression.
Those areas show an increase in activity after NeuroStar TMS therapy, which explains, in part, the role this therapy plays in managing treatment-resistant depression. Clinical trials have demonstrated that 83% of people who take a full course of NeuroStar TMS Advanced Therapy and have treatment-resistant depression experience a 50% reduction in symptoms, and 62% experience complete remission.
It is difficult to find strategies that reduce symptoms of treatment-resistant depression. NeuroStar TMS Advanced Therapy provides hope for people who have not responded to antidepressant medications or talk therapy.
A disadvantage of antidepressant medications is that they have a systemic effect on your body. This means that the chemicals in the medication can affect nearly every cell. However, NeuroStar TMS administered at The TMS Center of New Jersey affects only the targeted brain cells during treatment, without the extensive side effects possible with medication.
Other treatments that have proven to be effective in reducing symptoms of depression include exercise, good nutrition, addressing a gut microbiome imbalance, and quality sleep. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to make the lifestyle changes required to effectively implement these strategies while experiencing the symptoms of depression. NeuroStar TMS can play an important part in reducing or eliminating your symptoms of treatment-resistant depression, allowing you to make lifestyle changes that can have lifelong results.
Clinical depression is overwhelming and can destroy your life. You do not have to suffer through treatment-resistant depression. Call The TMS Center of New Jersey today and schedule your consultation to learn more about the role of TMS in managing treatment-resistant depression symptoms and how we can help restore your quality of life.
