08 Jan, 25

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a groundbreaking technology that uses magnetic energy to stimulate specific areas of the brain externally while the person is fully awake. This advanced treatment is available at Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, where the expert team use TMS to treat various psychiatric conditions with great outcomes. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or book an in-person or telehealth consultation online to explore how TMS can benefit you.

How does transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) work?

TMS involves generating a brief, high-intensity magnetic field by passing a short electric current through a magnetic coil. The magnetic field can excite or inhibit a small area of the brain located directly beneath the coil. Although TMS can influence any part of the brain beneath the skull, the FDA- approved uses involve stimulation of parts of the prefrontal cortex which is the part of the brain that is affected in depression, anxiety and OCD.

What is TMS used to treat?

TMS is currently FDA-approved for

  1. major depressive disorder (MDD) and
  2. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

It may soon be approved for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

It is particularly beneficial for patients who have had adverse reactions or have not responded well to traditional treatments like medication and psychotherapy.

What happens during a TMS session?

During a TMS session:

  1. You sit comfortably while a trained provider places the magnetic coil against your scalp.
  2. The provider locates the target area in your brain (unique to each individual) by using the coil to deliver brief magnetic pulses.
  3. Sessions typically last 10-30 minutes, with minimal to no discomfort. You could watch your favorite show while the treatment is going on.

Most patients undergo 36 sessions over several weeks to achieve optimal results.

What are the benefits of TMS?
  1. Noninvasive and painless:There are no incisions, needles, or recovery time required.
  2. Targeted stimulation:TMS focuses on specific brain regions, minimizing side effects.
  3. Improved mood and function:Many patients experience significant relief from depressive symptoms and improved quality of life.
Is TMS safe?

TMS is a well-tolerated procedure with little to no side effects. Some patients may experience mild scalp discomfort or a headache, which typically resolves quickly. Serious side effects, such as seizures, are extremely rare.

If you are interested in learning more about TMS or exploring its potential to improve your mental health, the team at Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine is here to help. Call the office or book an appointment online today to benefit from this innovative treatment.

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07 Dec, 24

Psychiatry services offered in Allen Texas

Psychiatry is a specialty of medicine that treats distressing and potentially life-threatening mental health conditions ranging from depression and anxiety to schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis. Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine’s board-certified psychiatrist Oluwole Popoola, MD, FASAM, and his team in Allen, Texas, offer exceptional psychiatric care to adults and children over 12. They provide medication management, psychotherapy, and other cutting-edge treatments that help you recover from or manage mental health problems. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or request an in-person or telehealth consultation online to benefit from expert psychiatry delivered with compassion.

What is psychiatry?  

Psychiatry is a medical specialty focused on conditions affecting your mind. These illnesses include:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Substance misuse and addiction, Eating disorders, Major depressive disorder (MDD or depression), Perinatal depression and anxiety, Postnatal depression, Postpartum psychosis, Bipolar disorder, Anxiety disorders, Personality disorders, Schizophrenia, Dissociative disorders, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other behavioral problems. These conditions can cause considerable distress, affect your ability to work and maintain healthy relationships, and sometimes lead to suicide.

The Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine team of psychiatrists have considerable experience in helping patients with these and other mental health disorders. They’ve also undergone additional training in specialty areas, such as perinatal psychiatry and substance-use management medicine.

What is a psychiatric consultation?

Before beginning your treatment, you attend a psychiatric consultation. In-person appointments are available at Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine’s office, or you can speak with your provider from home via telehealth using a secure internet video link.

At the initial consultation, your psychiatrist reviews your medical history, discusses your symptoms, evaluates your environment and lifestyle, and performs psychological tests. The information allows them to diagnose your condition accurately and prepare an appropriate treatment plan.

What psychiatry treatments might I need?

The main treatments used in psychiatry are:

Psychotherapy:

Some talk therapies show you how to identify unrealistically negative thoughts and reframe them, helping you manage better in daily life. Some therapies focus on your desires and goals and how to achieve them. Others investigate the issues and experiences affecting your mental health so you can recognize and process them.  

Medication:

Medications often play a critical role in reducing symptom severity so you can more easily benefit from psychotherapy. Some medications, like antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs, help you recover from disorders like depression or anxiety. Mood stabilizers and stimulants enable you to manage conditions like ADHD and bipolar disorder.

Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine will also be using innovative alternatives that help people who don’t improve with medication and therapy.These treatments include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS, a painless, noninvasive way to activate parts of the brain that function less well when you have a psychiatric disorder) and Spravato® esketamine intranasal spray for MDD.

To learn how you can benefit from the Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine team’s expert care, call the office or book an appointment online today.

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12 Oct, 24

Anxiety Management Services offered in Allen Texas

Feeling scared and worried at times is normal, but if you feel extreme or continual anxiety that gets in the way of your ability to function, you may have an anxiety disorder. Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine board-certified psychiatrist Oluwole Popoola, MD, FASAM, and his team in Allen, Texas, excel in treating anxiety. They use proven approaches, including medication, counseling and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or book an in-person or telehealth consultation online for expert anxiety disorder treatment.

What is anxiety?

Feeling anxious is a normal response to stress, fear, and worry. Any significant event can cause anxiety, from interviews and work presentations to getting married and having a baby. However, it’s not normal to feel extremely anxious about minimally threatening events or anxiety all the time. If anxiety dictates your behaviors and prevents you from leading a fulfilling life, it has become an anxiety disorder. The most common is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), where several things in your life cause stress, fear, and indecision. Some people have anxiety about a specific situation or object that bears no relation to its potential threat. These could relate to anything, but some of the most common ones are fear of heights, confined spaces, spiders, and snakes. Social anxiety disorder is a type of anxiety that makes you avoid or endure social situations due to fear that you will make a mistake or be judged.

What symptoms can anxiety disorders cause?

Anxiety disorder symptoms include nervousness, muscle tension, restlessness, difficulty focusing, chronic fatigue, disrupted sleep, increased heart rate, fast, shallow breathing, excessive sweating, trembling, and panic attacks. Panic attacks are terrifying experiences where anxiety becomes so severe you can’t function normally. In addition to the symptoms above, you might have chest pain, shortness of breath, be frozen to the spot or collapse, and lose the ability to hear or speak. Experiencing a panic attack is so distressing that people often isolate themselves, staying at home to reduce the risk of another.

How are anxiety disorders treated?

After a comprehensive assessment, the Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine team prepares a personalized treatment plan to match your unique needs. Treatment might include:

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy involves interaction between you and a trained therapist/counsellor that aims to help you identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. It may involve exploring your past experiences and how they have contributed to current thinking patterns, emotions, and behaviors, or it could involve teaching you techniques to help you regulate your emotions and behavior.

Medication

Some patients recover from anxiety using psychotherapy alone, but anti-anxiety medication is often vital for moderate to severe cases. It helps reduce symptom severity so you can benefit fully from talk therapy.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Anxiety has been shown to be associated with overactivity in an area of the brain called the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. TMS uses slow pulses of magnetic currents administered while you are alert and conscious to reduce this overactivity, which improves your anxiety.

Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or book an appointment online to benefit from expert anxiety treatment.

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21 Sep, 24

Perinatal Psychiatry services offered in Allen Texas

Having a baby should be a joyous experience, but many women develop mental health problems during pregnancy and after giving birth. Contact Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine’s board-certified psychiatrist Taiye Popoola, MD, PhD, PMH-C and her team in Allen, Texas, if you develop low mood, anxiety, or symptoms like hallucinations and delusions during the perinatal period. The team’s perinatal psychiatry experts offer compassionate care to help you overcome these distressing conditions and enjoy motherhood. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or schedule an in-person or telehealth consultation online to benefit from specialized perinatal psychiatry.

What is perinatal psychiatry?

Perinatal psychiatry focuses on women’s mental health before and after childbirth. It includes conditions during pregnancy (prenatal disorders) and those that develop after delivery (postpartum disorders). Pregnancy and childbirth are experiences that affect women in numerous ways. The hormonal changes can significantly alter brain function and mood. Women also feel the pressure of being a good mom, looking after the child before and after birth, and dealing with distressing problems like morning sickness, pain, and fatigue. Unsurprisingly, most women experience mood changes during this time, commonly known as the baby blues. However, some women suffer from severe mental health problems in the perinatal period that require specialized care.

What conditions might require perinatal psychiatry? ​

Perinatal conditions the Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine team treats include:

Prenatal depression and anxiety:

Prenatal depression and anxiety occur before childbirth. You might feel overly anxious about the pregnancy or having a baby to such an extent that you can’t relax and enjoy the experience. If you have prenatal depression, you feel sad, weepy, and despairing most or all of the time and can’t improve your mood.

Postpartum depression:

Postpartum depression occurs after childbirth. It’s far more intense and long-lasting than the baby blues, often persisting for months. You might feel unable to care for your child properly and have difficulty bonding with your newborn.

Postpartum psychosis:

Postpartum psychosis is a severe psychiatric disorder that can affect your ability to recognize reality. You may suffer from hallucinations (seeing and hearing things that aren’t there), delusions (mistaken but unshakeable beliefs), paranoia (irrational distrust of others), and other behavior changes.

Women severely affected by postpartum psychosis may harm themselves or their babies.

What does perinatal psychiatry involve?

The perinatal psychiatry experts at Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine use treatments, such as psychotherapy and medication, that helps women recover from these conditions. These are the same treatments used for other psychiatric disorders. However, perinatal psychiatry specialists undergo additional training in the safe use of medications in pregnant and breastfeeding women and how to approach talk therapy effectively in someone with perinatal mental health problems. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a safe, painless, noninvasive therapy, is also available for women with treatment-resistant perinatal depression and anxiety. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or schedule a consultation online for expert support with perinatal psychiatric disorders.

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14 Sep, 24

PTSD Services offered in Allen Texas

 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects many people who lived through horrifying experiences. If you develop PTSD symptoms, speak to Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine board-certified psychiatrist Oluwole Popoola, MD, FASAM, and his team in Allen, Texas. They offer medication management, psychotherapy, and other treatments that help you regain peace of mind. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine today or request an in-person or telehealth appointment online to start your journey to freedom from PTSD.

What is PTSD?

PTSD is a reaction some people experience after being involved in or witnessing something life-threatening or severely distressing. It’s best known for affecting military personnel and others involved in armed conflicts, where it was first known as shell shock and then combat fatigue. However, PTSD doesn’t discriminate — it can affect anybody at any age. The Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine team treats PTSD patients aged 12 and over.

What might cause PTSD?

Experiences that could lead to PTSD include:

  1. Earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters 
  2. Serious road traffic accidents (RTAs)   
  3. Acts of terrorism
  4. Violent personal assault or rape
  5. Air, rail, and sea transportation disasters
  6. Sustaining severe injuries
  7. Being trapped in a collapsing or burning building
  8. Abduction and torture

These experiences might last for days, hours, or minutes. People who endure long-term trauma, such as ongoing spousal or child abuse, can develop complex (chronic) PTSD.

What symptoms does PTSD cause?

PTSD symptoms fall into four categories:

Re-experiencing  symptoms

People with PTSD continually replay the event and find it impossible to divert their thoughts away for long. They often suffer from vivid nightmares too. Flashbacks occur when something you see, hear, or smell takes you back to your traumatic experience and makes you relive it.

Negativity

Anger, fear, guilt, depression, anxiety, and other negative feelings are common in people with PTSD. Some have survivor’s guilt, feeling it’s wrong that they survived when others died. Or they blame themselves for not preventing the event or not doing more to help afterward.

Arousal and reactivity

Arousal and reactivity symptoms include irritability, impatience, anger, recklessness, jumping at the slightest sound or touch, and self-destructive behaviors. You may have difficulty concentrating and sleeping. Many people with PTSD develop a substance misuse problem.

Avoidance

Avoidance behaviors aim to limit your exposure to anything that triggers intrusive thoughts or flashbacks. You may withdraw from your friends and family, particularly if you feel they can’t understand what you went through.

How is PTSD treated?

The Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine team treats PTSD with psychotherapy and medication. Talking with a skilled, compassionate therapist helps you process your trauma. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs boost neurotransmitter (brain chemical) levels in your brain’s mood center. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) could help patients who don’t improve with other treatments. Call Zoe Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine or request an appointment online today to begin your journey to recovery from PTSD

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