Tms Treatment Side Effects

During treatment you may feel a light tapping on your head and hear clicking sounds.

Tms treatment side effects. Rarely tms causes headaches or dizziness. Weight gain sexual dysfunction gastrointestinal upset dry mouth weight gain sedation. The side effects listed seemed pretty minimal to me. There is a rare risk of seizure associated with the use of neurostar tms 0 1 per patient.

But no evidence suggests that it affects the memory like. The most common side effect is pain or discomfort at or near the treatment site. This typically occurs only during the first week of treatment. Tms seems to have few risks and side effects.

But these were all said to be temporary and should not last any longer than two to four weeks after treatment. They occur during the tms treatment course and do not occur for most patients after the first week of treatment. The most common side effect associated with tms therapy is temporary discomfort at or near the treatment site during treatment. The most common side effects of ect are confusion short term memory loss and muscle aches.

That afternoon i discussed all my findings with my wife. These events are transient. Some people feel muscle contractions in the scalp. The idea of getting your brain jolted with electricity generated by magnetic pulses may provoke a bit of fear.

Headaches lightheadedness burning sensations on the scalp and in extreme cases seizures.