Could TMS cause OCD?

stevow7 · Jan 25, 2019

question. if its ocd and not pain how do you treat it as tms? with pain we tend to ignore it. but with ocd we accept and ignore?

Kjarvis15 · Aug 20, 2020

Baseball65 sounds like you are saying that you had to leave your marriage and change your career for the pain to go away?

tag24 · Aug 22, 2024

Baseball65 said: ↑

First of all, I have compassion for you and don't worry... IT DOES Go away!!!!!
Your OCD episode has probably replaced your pain as your distraction. That means that there is something in your unconscious that is still kicking against the pricks. Family issues? The Holidays? New Job? Kids? Been ruminating on mortality and life? Relationship? Lack of relationship?

The Dr. I saw who helped me explained OCD from a Physical standpoint. He said that PET scans have shown that when someone who has OCD is involved in an 'episode' there is an 'electrical storm' going on in a part of the brain where ordinarily only 'the lights' should be on. There are two ways to stop the storm. One, is SSRI's (prozac or one of it's cousins) . The second way is called 'Stop' therapy. I chose that way and it was very effective HOWEVER My ocd wasn't that bad at the time of our interaction (I was there for anger issues)

"Stop' Therapy is nigh identical to the same sort of de-conditioning we do to get rid of TMS. I was told that whenever I caught myself in a ritual or having the intrusive repetitive thought to say "STOP" Out Loud and immediately go to a different task. That meant if I was say Painting and I find my mind occupied about something; 'STOP!' Immediately go to the sink and start doing dishes. 15 minutes later I notice I am going through a ritual; 'STOP', go read a book. I am reading the book and the Thought comes back ;'STOP' and go take the dog for a walk.

This is like taking a 16D Nail and SCRATCHING the record so it can't play anymore. It also made me really be able to distinguish between normal concerns and the self-immolation that is OCD. I scratched the record BEFORE it could get to the 'skip' that makes it repeat!

It wasn't easy .... but it was a lot better than the same ol' same ol' of the carousel of OCD. And it worked quickly, and I still ocassionally use it if I find myself drifting into morbid reflection or any sort of negative mind frame, not necessarily OCD

Now... that aside, there is Nothing wrong with taking meds. We all have different biologies and circumstances. BUT!!! I notice in this whole string you haven't once mentioned what is going on in your life that could be TRIGGERING and NECESSITATING a symptom. No therapy or drug can create awareness. They only deal with the symptoms. Sarno occasionally prescribed painkillers but he himself said, he didn't treat pain; His methods and teaching are to prevent it from happening by making it unnecessary

Just like I needed my pain to keep me from the truth about my very bad marriage and Career choices, I needed the OCD to keep me from the horrific Loneliness and terror of being a virtual orphan(Dad died, Mom left). The Doctor I worked with helped me look at that. Once I looked at it, it didn't have any power anymore. . and the symptoms went away. They will for you too
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Old post to resurrect, but just wanted to say thank you for the STOP therapy idea and I'm definitely going to try it out. I've done the STOP part before myself but never the task-switching with it. Could be useful to help pay less attention to benign sensations!

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