When it comes to treating anxiety and major depressive disorder, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been evaluated as a safe and effective treatment for patients who have not seen improvement with medications. TMS is a non-invasive outpatient procedure and can be combined with other treatment strategies. 
The feelings you get from anxiety, such as racing heart, shortness of breath, and upset stomach, are thought to be the result of an imbalance of activity in the emotional centers of the brain. TMS utilizes magnetic pulses on the head, which feel like taps, essentially slowing down the parts of the brain that are overactive when someone is experiencing anxiety (or underactive with depression.) Patients feel relief from the pulses as the corresponding areas of the brain are brought back to normal activity levels. 
TMS was recently approved on our device to reduce anxiety symptoms that accompany major depression. While TMS is not FDA approved for anxiety without depression at this point, research has proven that it is a safe and effective treatment. When prescribed medications for anxiety and/or depression, such as benzodiazepines, people experience side effects such as sedation, confusion, or may become physically dependent. TMS treatments have none of those effects. Contact us today to find out if TMS is the right treatment for you.