What is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)?

TMS Therapy is safe and without the side effects often associated with medications.

If you’re considering TMS therapy as a treatment option, here is some information to help you understand what it involves.

Is TMS Right For You?

Is depression impacting important areas of your life?

Have you tried antidepressant medication but are still depressed?

Are you having side effects from medication and want to consider other treatment options?

Have antidepressant medicines not provided full relief from your depression?

Is depression causing other medical conditions to worsen?

Has your doctor or therapist suggested you consider TMS therapy ?

What To Expect With TMS Therapy

Treatments are provided while sitting in a comfortable spa type chair. The head is positioned comfortably with a pillow and a flat coil is placed at the front part of the head. During treatments, which last between 9 to 19 minutes, a clicking sound is audible as magnetic pulses are delivered. There is a tapping sensation felt underneath the coil which results from the scalp muscles responding to the stimulation. Patients are awake and alert, watching a YouTube video or talking to the staff during the treatment.

Once the treatment is over, patients are able to immediately return to normal activity and drive themselves home. The usual course of treatment is daily treatments five days a week for six weeks and then a taper for the next six treatments. This protocol will be shortened or increased based on patient response.

The TMS treatments are:

Nonsystemic- that is nothing is injected into the body. The focus of the treatment is a small surface of the brain just underneath the coil
No adverse effects on memory
Easily tolerated- Dr. Hayden has had only one patient stop TMS therapy from discomfort in the last 13 years
No restrictions with activity level

The TMS Journey

A Step By Step Process

1

Free Telephone Consultation

The first step is a free, no-obligation 30-minute phone consultation with Dr. Hayden. No pressure, just information- schedule your free consultation today.

2

TMS Evaluation

This is a comprehensive assessment of your medical and psychiatric history, and this is essential to move forward with TMS therapy. Let us help guide you to a healthier, happier you.

3

Your First Treatment

Let’s get you started. This initial visit will take approximately 1.5 hours. We’re here when you’re ready—schedule your free consultation today.

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Reviews & Testimonials

What our patients have to say about us:

TMS has given me my life back!

I recently struggled with severe depression for about a year. I was so depressed I didn’t want to function day-to-day and wished I were dead! I often contemplated suicide more times then I can count over the year. Thankfully I was referred for TMS therapy by my psychiatrist after failing multiple medications and ketamine infusions. I had 50 treatments with TMS over the course of one week. I did feel some improvement during the week of treatment but I had a delayed response and after 4 to 6 weeks post treatment I felt totally myself again. TMS has given me my life back and I can’t thank Dr. Hayden and his lovely staff enough!

Thank you!!

- Kimberly

For anyone considering TMS therapy, I highly recommend it.

When I met Dr. Hayden, I felt like I was pushing around a metaphorical grocery cart full of fragments, shards, and pieces of myself. Everything was stuffed randomly in bags and boxes. There was never any reason to talk about this scattered mess of components, because how could any good be found in such chaos?

During TMS treatment, I felt like these fragments began to coalesce into whole pieces of me that I thought were lost. Things that had been lost for years returned to me: my creativity, the light I carry for helping people, my intellectual curiosity. Instead of waiting for each day to be over, I found myself singing my toddler to sleep with all the love and peace I deserve.

Following TMS, I find myself no longer standing on the shore watching the ocean and the horizon line. Now, I have access to the space in the sky above the land and sea. No longer am I a sleepy and lonely observer. Finally, I am a part of the world around me in all dimensions.

Dr. Hayden has curated a careful collection of support staff. I cannot give a higher complement to his whole practice, from scheduling, to prescription management, to TMS therapy; all personnel are intent on their patient and are carefully attuned to their emotional needs as these needs evolve over the course of treatment. There was never a doubt in my mind that my health and well-being were the top priority. Dr. Hayden’s success is rooted in his intense curiosity and can also be attributed to his adaptability and agile consideration when off-normal circumstances are presented.

For anyone considering TMS therapy, I highly recommend it. I only wish I had found this practice much sooner and gotten more of my life back!

- Quinn

TMS saved my life!

I will try to keep this short but there is so much I would like to say to sing the praises of Dr.Hayden and his staff. Never have I experienced such caring and compassion in a healthcare environment not to mention the expertise in their field of study. Thank you Dr.Hayden for accepting me as a patient. TMS saved my life!