We provide patients in Vancouver and the surrounding areas the latest in depression treatments. We are pleased to be able to offer NeuroStar® TMS Therapy to our patients.
Depression makes you feel like you are walking alone, unable to enjoy time with loved ones and at times feeling disconnected from others as it’s quite difficult even for yourself to explain or understand why you feel so empty inside, alone, misunderstood. Many patients take the step of trying medications to help improve their mood symptoms, but meet a dead end as they don’t experience significant improvement in their symptoms or many times end up with significant side effects to medications which makes patients feel like they have to live with sadness without options moving forward. Life should not be about settling on a suboptimal level of functioning or accepting that they need to live with persistent sadness the rest of their lives. We now have the opportunity to explore another option in the treatment of depression, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (known as “ TMS”). If you are interested in coming out of the darkness and finally having the opportunity to enjoy life , time with your loved ones again and looking forward to a brighter future, then TMS should be a great choice for you.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) uses a targeted pulsed magnetic field, similar to what is used in an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine. While the patient is awake and alert, NeuroStar TMS Therapy stimulates areas of the brain that are underactive in depression.
Non invasive and non systemic. The only side effect is the possible minor irritation of the scalp.
Each treatments typically lasts between 19-37 minutes. The variation depends on your diagnosis.
You will be fully awake and alert. You can read or watch TV and return to work after your treatment with no restrictions.
A typical treatment course consists of 5 treatments per week over a 4-6 week period.
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