Our Faqs Archives - Success TMS

Yes, unlike ECT, you can continue to drive your car between TMS treatments.

The basic answer to this question is that the time to respond to TMS therapy varies. Patients can see improvement in their depression symptoms any time within the first third, middle third or end, and even as far out as 3-4 weeks. It is highly recommended that patients complete the TMS course to give them

68% of people experience improvements, 45% achieve complete remission from their depression.

There is no evidence that shows TMS can at all cause cancer. It uses the same technology as an MRI.

Yes, TMS has been shown to help improve long term memory in older adults.

Depression is considered in terms of “remission” and “recurrence.” TMS can put depression into remission for an extended period of time but there is a possibility, depending on the nature of the patient’s depression, symptoms can recur down the road. If this does occur, then patients are even more likely to respond positively to repeated TMS

Yes, TMS has been used off-label to help treat PTSD, but it should always be used in conjunction with trauma therapy to prevent exacerbation of memories that can trigger symptoms.

TMS can be used to help enhance cognition which can improve one’s ability to learn new information.

Yes, deep TMS has the FDA approval as a treatment for OCD. Currently, only deep TMS has FDA approval for its use in treating OCD, but there currently is no ‘cure” for OCD but it can be minimized by treating the symptoms.

TMS can cause scalp tenderness during the treatment pulses but typically does not cause a lasting headache. For patients who are prone to headaches, they can premedicate with ibuprofen or acetaminophen prior to treatments to prevent a headache.