Transform Your Mental Health: TMS Therapy in Bozeman and Billings – Find Relief Today!
Dealing with significant depression or anxiety can impact all areas of your life. Lingering symptoms can feel like a heavy weight that’s impossible to lift. Depression creates a fog that makes even the simplest tasks feel overwhelming. It’s more than just a bad day or feeling down – depression is crippling and all-consuming.
Traditional treatments often rely on finding the right combination of therapy and medication. However, this approach can be time-consuming, frustrating, and ineffective for people battling treatment-resistant depression. Sometimes, even after trying both, depression still hangs around, leaving people feeling defeated and trapped in a cycle of medication after medication.
If you or someone you love feels this way, know you’re not alone. It’s okay to feel frustrated and tired. You deserve relief, and our team is here to help you explore innovative options for depression treatment in Bozeman, MT, and Billings, MT.
TMS Therapy in Bozeman and Billings
Our TMS team, directed by Erin Amato, MD, is dedicated to providing the best in diagnosis and treatment to put you on the path to healing and enriched living. We strive to restore hope and quality of life for patients and families.
Schedule a consultation with our team to determine if TMS is right for you or someone you love. Our compassionate staff can help determine insurance coverage and complete authorization paperwork so you can focus on feeling better.
What Is TMS Therapy?
Transcranial Magnetic Therapy (TMS) is a safe, clinically proven, and effective treatment for depression conveniently provided in an outpatient setting without the need for anesthesia or hospitalization. TMS offers a medication-free, non-invasive treatment option for major depression in patients who have not found relief from medication or therapy.
How does TMS work?
TMS delivers gentle magnetic pulses to stimulate underactive nerve cells in the parts of the brain that control mood. This innovative treatment targets the brain’s neural pathways involved in mood regulation by delivering magnetic pulses to specific brain areas. These pulses stimulate nerve cells, promoting increased activity in regions associated with mood regulation. Throughout several sessions, typically conducted over a few weeks, TMS therapy gradually reshapes neural connectivity, alleviating depressive symptoms.
Unlike traditional treatments, such as medication, TMS therapy is non-invasive and devoid of systemic side effects. Many people report substantial improvements in mood, energy levels, and overall well-being following a course of TMS therapy.
What can I expect?
For optimal results, TMS requires a series of treatment sessions. Typically, patients get five treatments per week over four to six weeks. Prior to treatment, our medical experts will examine you and determine where best to place the magnets on your head and the appropriate dose of magnetic energy for you. The first treatment session usually lasts around an hour.
What are the results like for TMS?
Every patient’s body chemistry is different; results will differ from person to person. TMS may be able to alleviate your symptoms of depression or help them disappear entirely. Typically, relieving depressive disorder symptoms may take several weeks of treatment sessions.
TMS may work better for you if you:
- Have you tried electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and noticed an improvement in your symptoms
- Do not experience detachment from reality from your mental illness
- Have not experienced several years of chronic depression
If traditional treatment approaches haven’t improved your depression, TMS is a treatment option to consider. If you or someone you know is struggling with a depressive disorder, Montana Psychiatry and Brain Health Center offers TMS as an integrative, cutting-edge approach that can improve depression and quality of life. Contact us today to schedule a consultation appointment and determine if TMS may be the correct procedure for you.
