Today, almost 70% of people are going through any health issue, whether it's heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, or migraine.  But honestly, one more illness has been added to the list from the past few years: mental disorder. 

Whether anxiety, depression, stress, alcoholism, or OCD, everything comes under mental illness and needs it is essential to treat to live a healthy life.  Due to this, TMS therapy plays an important role; it helps people suffering from any mental disorder and brings them back to their life.

 It is often believed that 2 out of 10 people commit crimes or suicide due to mental disorders.  That is why opting for a transcranial magnetic stimulation costa mesa ca have become necessary.  However, as TMS is not the same for every disease, let’s check out how it is used to treat different disorders. 

TMS for depression

Depression is quite common among youngsters.  However, several treatments like medication and psychotherapy are conducted to reduce depression, but surprisingly, 30% of people do not get enough results from it. 

In that case, TMS therapies help a person to reduce the symptoms of depression.  Depression is generally because of reduced activity of the prefrontal cortex, and it lowers the energy level and changes your appetite.  However, TMS works on it and increases the activity that helps eliminate depression.

TMS for obsessive-compulsive disorder 

With TMS, it is easy to reduce the symptoms of OCD.  People have remarkably responded to TMS, and 70% of patients have got treated with OCD through TMS in the last few years.  OCD results from increased activities between the striatum and prefrontal cortex, and this hyper-connectivity results from OCD.  However, TMS controls this activity in the brain, reducing the symptoms of OCD. 

TMS for anxiety 

Like OCD and depression, TMS also helps reduce anxiety symptoms.  Besides this, it has turned out to be quite beneficial in treating generalized anxiety disorder.  Often anxiety is caused by the activity of nerve cells in the cortex.  But with the help of this therapy, the activity is reduced, and it relived you from anxiety. 

TMS for post-traumatic stress disorder

TMS has shown effective results for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  It targets the prefrontal cortex of the human brain and reduces its activity.  The effect of TMS on PTSD takes around 2 to 3 months to get cured properly.

TMS for stroke rehabilitation 

TMS has also played an essential role in helping stroke rehabilitation.  Generally, it occurs because of blockage of blood flow in the brain, reducing the impact of brain cells and leading to death.  Besides this, it can also result in loss of muscle movement. 

But according to research, TMS is effectively used to promote blood flow in the brain through electromagnetic radiation, and it helps relieve the patient from a stroke.