If you are currently on medication, in talk therapy, or looking for alternative treatments for depression, this video is for you. My name is Evan with Optimal TMS. And first, let’s take a minute to talk about what is going on in your brain with depression.
The brain is an incredibly complicated piece of machinery with billions of cells connected in trillions of different ways. Sometimes those connections don’t always work perfectly. Specifically in depression, areas in the brain responsible for mood, executive function, cognitive control of emotion, and decision-making can be underperforming.
It’s like a computer running with too many tabs open. Sometimes the processor is bogged down, and it’s not able to devote time, attention, and memory to the tasks that really matter. Inefficiencies can happen for a variety of different reasons.
Maybe the different chemicals in your brain are out of balance. Maybe your thought patterns are acting in a way that isn’t the most healthy. And things like medications and talk therapy can address these problems, but sometimes there are physical connections that are missing between the neurons in your brain.
And this is where TMS can come in. TMS sends a series of highly concentrated, powerful magnetic pulses to specific regions in the brain. These changing magnetic fields interact with your brain cells, causing them to fire in the patterns that they are meant to fire in.
That is why after TMS, somebody who hasn’t found success with traditional methods like therapy or antidepressants might start feeling better again—because the brain is functioning the way that it is designed to.
Ultimately, we want to make sure that you feel the way that you want to feel. So if you are looking for alternative treatments for depression, reach out to our team below and book a free consultation with one of our providers to get you started. I’m Evan with Optimal TMS, and thanks for watching.
