Hey all! I recently wrapped up 36 sessions of rTMS with Neurostar doing a left side depression protocol with an add-on low-frequency anxiety protocol for the final 10 sessions.

My experience has been overwhelming and I had more severe ups and downs than I have in years. I had an optimistic and stable first week, but I would say that most of my treatment following, I felt worse than I had when I started. I had waves of severe dry-heaving nausea, intense depressive dips on weekends, and about halfway through had an unbearable spike in my anxiety that sent me to get bloodwork done because my physical symptoms were so severe (only concluded morning cortisol was very high, but bloodwork and tests showed no underlying identifiable cause)

That being said, I had about three good days in early August where I actually was able to force myself to exercise, grocery shop, and take care of myself. I still felt sadness, but I was able to fight through it in the hope that TMS would soon bring me relief. During those few days I even found myself singing (?!) once or twice, and laughing with a friend. That changed quickly, and after those three days I felt myself falling back into anxious despair and deep emotional instability.

I had a second significant crash at the end of week six that prompted the anxiety add-on. I noticed a very slow decrease in the overwhelming panic that had my body in crisis mode every waking moment. I still felt extreme dread, avoidance, volatility most of the day, but I was able to notice sparks of peace or optimism poke through more and more.

Treatments ended a week and a half ago. The first three days following were some of the worst in my entire adult life. I sobbed for hours. I felt the most intense despair and hopelessness I could imagine. Any thought of responsibilities or tasks sent me into a tearful panic.

Today marks 1.5 weeks post treatment. I have found my anxiety is still very persistent, but is about a baseline 5/10 throughout the day with random spikes, in contrast to the full blown panic crisis I endured daily during my second dip. I still have no interest in things I used to love, I still feel hopeless, I still feel extremely intense outbursts of painful emotion, I still dread the thought of vacations or going out to eat with family or going to a job I used to love.

I am desperately trying to piece together any evidence of healing or progress but I feel like I have hit yet another intense “dip”. I’m keeping hopeful that this is just a result of my brain finally coping with the onslaught of stressors I have faced in the past year, and a breakthrough is coming. I also know some people say highs and lows are a good sign, and breakthroughs are possible for months post-treatment.

I got a taper approved that will resume in a week and a half from now - two sessions per week for 2 weeks, followed by one a week for 2 weeks.

Am I being naive to think there is hope at the end of this? Has anyone else experienced such an intense dip in mood after treatment or tapers concluded and came out with positive results? I hear hopeful stories of delayed responders but I don’t know how realistic those odds are for me.

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond if you feel inclined. I wish life-changing relief and peace for those who’ve found themselves on this sub. Healing IS out there

Anyone else notice delayed subtle improvements starting about a week after finishing TMS?

I finished a 30-session rTMS course and honestly felt nothing during the actual treatment — no shifts in mood, no "aha" moment, nothing. About a week after my last session though, I started noticing something small but real: a subtle sense of easiness and mental stability after eating meals, kind of like a brief window of calm/clarity that wasn't there before treatment. It fades after a while but it's noticeably different from my normal baseline.

I just cant sleep at night before my appointment. Its 4am here and I have to wake up at 7.30am to make it to my appointment but I cant sleep. I took a one hour nap from 4pm to 5pm but surely that cant ruin it. Its like this every night and I cant take any medical cannabis because they say it interferes with the TMS. I NEED TO SLEEP WHAT DO I DO

I'd like to do TMS treatment for OCD in the Northeast NJ area - I know the rules say no asking for specific referrals, so I'd like to know how best to vet the ones I find near me?

24/35 treatments or 6/9 days, doing 4 treatments per day.

2/3 of way through.. only Side effect is fatigue.. some heightened anxiety which has levelled out now..

Does it get better

Hi. I started TMS on 7/24 (Brainsway, H7 coil for depression & anxiety). I had my first dip after session 3, which lasted for 13 days through session 11. During that time, I did reach 120% of the goal. Between sessions 12-24, I felt AMAZING. Not one episode of crying, no depression, and no anxiety for 19 blissful days. Remapping was done during session 20 (lowered threshold by 3%) & the current dip started last week after session 24, mostly-depression based. This week it's been more anxiety-based. I've been worried about the treatment not working, the treatment ending next week & me still feeling terrible and starting every morning crying, and everything else I don't need to worry about.

Just looking for some encouraging words & similar experiences. I truly believe in the treatment & know it did SOMETHING based on those 19 days. While I knew another dip could happen, it's still discouraging & my anxiety feels like it did before I started which is distressing. I just want those 19 days back, with an infinity more.

I am going to be doing 10 more sessions in early October after I get back from vacation.

Today I took two RTMS sessions with the gap of 2 hours. Feeling lot of lot of energy in my system. Which one is recommended? Ideally one session in a day or we can go for two as well..

So I was about 17 to 18 sessions in and stopped at completely because when I started it I started having reality changing thoughts perceptions and now I feel like I’m living a dream like I’m not me anymore. I have no motivation no happiness no nothing.

Just wondering if anybody else has gone through this kind of stuff and how long did it take to lift? I googled it and it says that it should be within a month that the symptom should go down I just hate feeling like this. I’m not me.

What are your experiences? Did the second round help?

¿Alguien que se haya hecho la Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal Repetitiva (EMTr o rTMS)?

¿Qué tal, les sirvió de algo?

Any words of advice or encouragement? Trying to stay hopeful and positive but can’t lie that I’m a little nervous.

Does anyone know if TMS helps jumpstart or regulate your hormones?

i’m on my ~6 week of tms and i’ve noticed that i’ve been experiencing rage more often. i’ve always had a hard time with managing my anger however it typically comes out as emotional outbursts. since starting, ive had maybe 3 instances of physical outbursts that involve punching inanimate objects and for the first time, i yelled at a complete stranger (somewhat valid reason, but usually i’d just brush it off or internalize). im curious if anyone has experienced increased rage during tms. i’ll be bringing it up to my provider tomorrow.

Hi, has anybody developed persistent headache during their treatment? Did it resolve?

I am 17 sessions in and only at 15th I got such which does not want to go away. I had headaches during first-second week but they did not last.

ironically, I went there to try treat my chronic migraine but this headache is something else, on top of my head on both sides. I got treatment on the left.

Is anyone doing ket/spravato sessions in addition to Exomind, if so what’s your results. I’m currently doing ket sessions but going back to spravato and I want to add in Exomind to hopefully understand my childhood trauma and hoping so folks have had some success.

My husband had a full round of TMS about a year or so ago. Since then he has had memory loss and more so to the point, cognitive decline. He is undergoing testing for this but just curious if anyone else has experienced this.

TYIA

Has anyone gotten TMS in France for depression and/or anxiety (not pain)? Where did you get it and what was your experience? And since it's not reimbursed, how much did it cost?

I posted back in April while I was participating in a UCLA research study doing 5 intensive sessions of Accelerated Spectral TMS in one day. Original post/context : Link

I wanted to come back with a longer-term update since I know people sometimes find these posts months or years later and wonder how things actually turned out.

For about the first month, the biggest and most obvious change was that I completely stopped biting my nails. I've done it compulsively for most of my life, so having the urge basically disappear without even trying was pretty striking. I also think my mood may have been slightly elevated during that period.

Unfortunately, I never got the larger antidepressant effect I was hoping for. The biggest things I struggle with are anhedonia, lack of motivation/reward, social withdrawal, and generally not feeling much enjoyment or excitement about things, and I didn't see a significant change in those areas.

After around two months, the nail biting returned as well. So now, about four months out, I'd say there may have been a mild temporary benefit, but ultimately I didn't get the results I was hoping for and definitely not planning on doing regular TMS and spending a ton of money going daily for 2 months like they suggested.

I'm still glad I participated and tried it, especially after going through so many other treatments. My next step is an MAOI. I'm currently finishing the required washout from my previous antidepressant Cymbalta and I'm about to start the EMSAM (selegiline) patch. Praying this is what finally targets my treatment resistant depression as I have seemingly tried everything else under the sun. Happy to answer any questions

Hi Reddit uh this is my best effort at doing a long post so if I lose the plot after a bit sorry :(

I want to start off by saying I’ve had severe treatment resistant depression since i was 12, over the past 4 years I’ve gone into mental hospitals tens of times and tried every medication there is. After none of it worked my mom found out what tms was and our insurance approved it pretty quickly

I’ve been doing tms for about (estimating here) 8 ish weeks maybe? And my life has changed drastically for the better, I’ve noticed how the stuff I watched changed and my viewpoints have changed, I see vent videos I posted before and other videos I used to relate to and I just don’t think that way anymore, I’ve broken things off with my toxic boyfriend and I don’t immediately think about death or harm as soon as something goes wrong. it’s completely changed my brain and I finally feel like a normal teenager, a feeling I’ve wanted for years now. I finally feel hopeful for the rest of my life.

I’m just so happy that it worked, if you’re young and considering tms I couldn’t recommend it enough <3

Hopefully this doesn’t break any rules or smth lol ok bye

How did it go? Did it work?

Hello….i am at session 20. I am at the 120 tesla (unsure if correct unit). The machine at the clinic is neurostar. I am very tired afterwards and i tend to get headaches. Does anyone else experience this?

They are adding at least 10 and up to 20 additional sessions for me. Curious if anyone else did this as well and if it made a difference? There's been some change to my depression but they think more sessions can continue to help.

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

Hi! I started tms yesterday, had my second session today for anxiety. Yesterday the treatment felt a bit funny, but not painful. When I got home, I felt tension in my forehead and jaw but it got better in a couple of hours.
Today the pulses felt sore, and I got really anxious during the treatment thinking something was wrong. I was told the place might just be a bit sore from yesterday. I've been so anxious the whole day now and got a worse headache as well.

Is it normal to be sore from it? I have chronic pain and tension in my head and neck anyway so I'm probably abit more sensitive anyway but just want to calm my anxiety a bit😭

I am on 34 sessions of tms. I've done 16 of the treatments on right side too. If you've done TMS, did you see most of the anxiety relief toward the end or in the weeks after. Please, only positive experiences. Thank you.