TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - 13 News Mornings anchor Tyler Butler is sharing his personal experience with a lesser-known depression treatment that uses electromagnetic waves to stimulate brain activity.

Butler, who has dealt with major depressive disorder for almost 20 years, recently completed five weeks of transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, at Family Care Center in Tucson. The treatment involves daily sessions five days a week for roughly six weeks.

“Over the summer I had one of these periods of a depressive episode that lasted for a month,” Butler said. “Typically it has lasted for two weeks, it happens a couple times a year. Fine. But with this being a month, it was like okay. I can’t keep living like this.”

How TMS works

TMS uses electromagnetic waves to stimulate neurons in

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