Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy?

i’ve never tried it, but be open to trying new things! you may find it super helpful! and if it doesn’t help you, it’s okay to back out of that and find something new to try🫶🏼 let me know how it goes!

I have had TMS treatment. For me I felt it cleared some of the OCD fog. I had it just under a year ago. It seems like they are really trying to see how it can help people. I have also tried Thata Bursts. That is like a 2 minute very powerful TMS treatment. I would have one treatment the another on in 15 minutes. It was for 5 days. I found it helped in the short term. So for a day or so OCD seemed a bit more calm. But then would go back to where it was. I have found that when I joined on with NOCD just over a year ago Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) has been the biggest help. I hope this information is helpful feel free to ask me anything else about it.

I've never heard of this. Huh. I don't really know what it is about.

I realize TMS can have a different result with different people. I had bottled up a lot of frustration over the years I would say the TMS started the process of me being able to process my emotions. I’m 62 and had OCD most likely since my 20’s not knowing what it was. Then 2 years ago it skyrocketed. I had gotten some counseling and that is when I found out I had OCD. I started getting counseling through NOCD shortly after the TMS treatments. We paid out of pocket for my TMS. It didn’t really help a lot but I think it did help slightly in the process. The Theata Bursts treatment was free. So was the TMS worth it? I would say it didn’t bring about the desired results for the cost. Unfortunately there is no pill that can “cure” OCD - but ERP I can say has helped me. I struggled through tears and sweat from anxiety for about 10 months doing ERP. Then one day I realized OCD things weren’t bothering me nearly as much as they did before. I still have OCD issues come up but I have learned how to deal with it. What helps me is to know OCD is just about doubt that I can’t handle in certain situations. So I have to retrain my brain to not set off the false alarm. I don’t know if you know NOCD had a YouTube with a lot of helpful ways to deal with OCD and there is the international OCD Foundation, Nathan Peterson, Jenna Overbaugh and “OCD Stories” from the England about folks who deal with OCD etc. I know the struggle OCD can be, I know though you can say “No” to OCD. The only difference between you and me is what triggers us. I know you can say “No” to OCD 👍.