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Anxiety can feel like a storm raging within, clouding thoughts and emotions, making the simplest tasks seem insurmountable. Living with anxiety and its invisible tendrils weaving through thoughts and emotions, can feel like an insurmountable mountain blocking the path to peace and clarity.

Here at Goolsby and Associates, we know that living with MDD is not fully living at all. We have seen the power of TMS at work within our patients and believe this FDA approved treatment option which is also covered by most insurance plans, is a life-giving tool for those who are not receiving results from their current treatment protocol.

For some, traditional treatments like antidepressant medication or psychotherapy may not provide the relief they desperately seek. Many who receive a major depressive disorder diagnosis go on to try multiple anti-depressant medications for an appropriate duration and dosage only to find their symptoms remain leaving them at a crossroads.

What if there was an FDA-approved, non-invasive treatment option for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder? A treatment option that allows you to sit peacefully in your therapist’s office for no more than 30 minutes AND get on with your day as usual?

When medications and talk therapy, along with lifestyle changes, do not address your symptoms and your brain is still under-firing, TMS might be the solution for you.

The great news is that TMS is effective for the acute treatment of major depressive disorder as well as a maintenance option. TMS, in combination with medication, is also a route many patients take and is another way to successfully combat treatment-resistant depression.

The brain is an incredible structure that controls memory, thought, motor skills, vision, touch, hunger, and processes that help regulate our bodies. The brain is the powerhouse organ that keeps us thinking, moving, feeling, and alive.

Depression can feel like a cloud hanging over you despite wonderful life experiences. The small joys of life seem to escape you despite looking for the good in all things.

Do you suffer from treatment-resistant depression and wonder if all hope is lost? After all, you've been on several different medications and taken them as prescribed for a length of time, only to have your depression symptoms remain. You've done the work. You have reached out to medical professionals and sought all avenues to treat your depression without relief. If this sounds like you, please know you are not alone. The reality is that 30% of all those diagnosed with depression meet this criteria.

Anyone who suffers from depression knows that these diagnoses can dramatically impact daily life. Whether it be the potential changes in relationships or the feelings of sadness that accompany a diagnosis, there tends to be an underlying persistent fear that they will never get better, even with the aid of medication and therapy.

Depression is a mood disorder that requires a medical diagnosis and is not something you can determine on your own.