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Stay Consistent and Build on Healthy Habits
Build on Healthy Habits Sleep:
One of the best things you can do for
yourself is continue to improve your sleep
habits. Modern life is associated with many
Consistency with Medications: opportunities to disrupt sleep. Maintaining
Now that you have completed your TMS treatment good sleep hygiene will promote a healthier
course, you should remain consistent with prescribed brain and body and help with the longevity
medication in both frequency and dosage unless of your results.
otherwise directed by your prescribing doctor. The Nutrition:
results you received from TMS treatment are in part
A well balanced diet helps our bodies
from consistency with medications. For patients and brains perform at our highest level. We
interested in taking less medications post-TMS, we
recommend you work with your prescribing physician recommend that you consider starting or
continuing to take a multivitamin unless
at least 4 weeks after your final treatment. your physician prohibits.
Therapy: Remember a high quality diet includes
Please continue to attend therapy. If you are not yet fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, lean proteins
seeing a therapist, it is always a great time to begin and fish, and olive oil. We also recommend
to work with one. Research shows that patients who taking 1 to 2 grams of Omega-3 Fatty Acid
utilize talk therapy have better and more sustained (or fish oil) supplements daily.
outcomes than those who do not. Exercise:
Build on your regular exercise program.
Work to engage in any exercise that in-
creases your heart rate for 20-40 minutes,
3-4 times a week with the approval of your
Primary Care Physician. A good thing to
consider is joining a local class or getting a
workout buddy.
Building on these habits can help
with the longevity of your results with
TMS Treatment. Remember to keep
your habits goals S.M.A.R.T. (Specific
Measurable Achievable Realistic and
Timely.)
