The Depression Treatment that Could Be Your Win

***Thank you to NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on their proven depression treatment.***

As someone who has struggled with depression for the entirety of her adult life, I know that it’s hard. It’s hard to find a depression treatment that actually works without offering overwhelming, unmanageable side effects. It’s hard to know which one will work. Which symptoms are worth putting up with and which aren’t. What treatment to continue with or shift to as your body ages and life circumstances change. There are many things, so many things we could say about depression, but one indisputable truth: it’s a tough beast to tackle.

What happens if you can’t find a depression treatment that works? What if you can’t find an answer? This is where NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy comes into play. In honor of National Depression Awareness Month in October, I’m happy to spread awareness of this cutting-edge
transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment, a safe, effective non-drug therapy for depression.

What is the NeuroStar Advanced Therapy depression treatment?

• A safe and effective treatment for adult patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have not seen success with at least one antidepressant.
• A non-drug, non-invasive treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain that are underactive in depression. It offers convenience to patients, as the treatment is offered in under 19 minutes (19-37 minutes depending on your doctor’s recommendation). Genius use of a lunch break, in my opinion!
• Available by prescription only. A doctor can help decide if NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy is right for you.
• Non-invasive and dissimilar to electroconvulsive therapy treatments of the past: NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain that are underactive in depression, which is different than ECT, which involves general anesthesia and is considered an invasive treatment.
• NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy is considered a second-line treatment option: The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depression notes transcranial magnetic stimulation as an appropriate treatment option for depression patients who have not benefited from initial antidepressant medication.
• NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy treats right at the problem source every time by using a highly focused pulsed magnetic field to stimulate areas of the brain that are underactive in depression.
• Read these articles for more scoop on this depression treatment therapy: Drug Free Depression Treatment & Non-Invasive, Drug-Free Technology Helps Those with Depression

What are the benefits of NeuroStar Advanced Therapy depression treatment?

• Few side effects: The most common side effect associated with NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy is temporary pain or discomfort at or near the treatment site during treatment, and typically this occurs only during the first week of treatment.
• Increasingly convenient and accessible: NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy has gained widespread insurance coverage and reimbursement from most health plans, including Medicare and Tricare. NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy has the fastest FDA-cleared transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment time in the U.S. delivered in as little as 19-37 minutes depending on your doctor’s recommendation.
• Proven, effective treatment: NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy is not an “experimental” or new treatment option for depression. It’s a safe and proven-effective depression treatment cleared by the FDA in 2008 for adult patients with depression and is backed with the most clinical studies for transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression, supported by 23 research publications and is the number one preferred transcranial magnetic stimulation choice among doctors. For many patients, depression symptoms significantly improved or went away after 4 to 6 weeks of treatment with NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy with 58% of patients experiencing significant improvement and 37% of patients being symptom free and considered in remission from their depression. [Carpenter 2012 Depression and Anxiety]

Listen friends, in my darkest of days, I would have turned the world over to find a solution for the pain I was battling. I am 100% behind any solution that can make our days on this earth easier, and fully believe the genius fix for each of us may be very different than what works for
another. That’s why I’m genuinely tickled to support the work of NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy. If it can help one of YOU out there in desperate search of real help, I am grateful. Tell me your story, friends, tell me what depression treatment works for you, and let’s work together to open up the conversation and sort this out!

***This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of NeuroStar® Advanced Therapy. For more information about safety and effectiveness of NeuroStar, visit NeuroStar’s website.***

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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