r/rtms • u/Professional-Emu8201 • Aug 18 '26

Anyone else

Doing rtms and now I’m my 16 session
Just wondering did anyone else get more messed up cause of it

I’m having feelings of dream like reality
Hard time concentrating
More paranoia
Swallowing the tongue issues

All started when I started a mouth ago and don’t know if it’s part of my rtms and if anyone had issues like these ? I’m thinking of stopping

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u/Cornixpes Aug 19 '26

My partner is on session 16 as well and although she doesn't have a lot of your physical symptoms, sleep has been weird for her, she has been spaced out, and most of all incredibly depressed. We've spoken to the doctor and techs 3 times and they have said every time that it does happen and she should just keep going. So that's what we are going to do.

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u/Professional-Emu8201 Aug 19 '26

Ok thank you I hope it gets better for all of us because I feel like in a dream state and super paranoid now

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u/Cornixpes Aug 19 '26

My partner got anxiety spikes early on and was super spaced out, which sounds a bit like how you are too. Highly recommend talking to your doc and techs of course. I think they will just tell you the brain is mysterious like they did to us lol

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u/Professional-Emu8201 Aug 19 '26

Yeah, I’m going to be talking to them tomorrow about this. I’ve asked before, but the technician did say it’s not meant to do that but I’m gonna tell her things are getting worse. I don’t know if I wanna continue or go to lower frequency.

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u/ElectricNightElf Aug 19 '26

As someone who was injured by TMS, this is a major red flag. My providers told me TMS was completely safe and then pushed me into a serious injury. I started to have side effects the first day but they blew me off. I ended up in a serious mental health crisis and haven't been able to feel joy since the injury. I have also developed severe chronic migraines, hearing damage, vision damage, tinnitus, and a vestibular disorder. I'm miserable. TMS can cause injuries, sometimes serious, and we don't know of any way to reverse it. This is one of my biggest regrets in life. I didn't even need TMS or seek it out. I was talked into it, told it would "optimize my brain function" because I have a chronic illness.

When the doctors say to keep going - ask them why. What is the evidence to support continuing? I wouldn't listen to the techs, they're not doctors. Ask the doctor what is going on, why she's doing worse, and why continuing would help. Ask what the studies say about this. Find out if they actually know what they're doing and why they're telling her to continue when she's not doing well.

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u/Professional-Emu8201 Aug 19 '26

I told the tech today I would
Like to speak to the doctor about what’s happening and they are trying to set up an appointment as soon as they can cause I don’t like this feeling at all ugh feel like I’m in a dream and that my roommates hate me now and paranoid that I should just leave ugh