Treatment for OCD
Obsessive compulsive disorder is a life-limiting condition that affects your everyday life.Around 40% of people with obsessive compulsive disorder don’t respond to conventional treatments, such as psychotherapy and antidepressant medication. This is where TMS can help.
How does TMS treatment work for OCD?
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation treatment uses a repetitive magnetic pulse to calm the parts of the brain that cause that cause obsessions and compulsions – the symptoms and behaviours of OCD.
TMS is a safe and effective alternative to traditional treatments, with:
✓ No anaesthetic ✓ No need for hospitalisation
✓ No recovery time ✓ Fewer side-effects than medication
The full treatment for OCD can need up to 30 sessions, which are split into three courses of ten sessions.
These take place over three to six weeks, with some patients having more than one session in a day.
Sessions won’t take any longer than 30 minutes each.
Is TMS Treatment Right For You?
Try our quick 2 minute questionnaire to see whether TMS treatment could help.
UK’s Leading TMS Clinic Network
Smart TMS Treatment Centres
Smart TMS has clinics in the following locations:
- Birmingham TMS Clinic
- Bristol TMS Clinic
- Dublin TMS Clinic
- Edinburgh TMS Clinic
- London TMS Clinic
- Manchester TMS Clinic
- Northampton TMS Clinic
- Southampton TMS Clinic
- St Albans TMS Clinic
We are the UK’s largest provider of TMS Therapy with more locations planned, so please get in touch.
TMS for OCD results
Research has shown that Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) can reduce the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder.
TMS only treats the brain circuits involved in your condition, rather than flooding the brain with chemicals.
With no anaesthetic, no need for hospitalisation and no recovery time, it’s a safe and effective alternative to traditional treatments, with fewer side-effects than medication.
What our Patients Say
I just want to say thank you because rTMS has genuinely saved my life and you’ve given me a chance to have a fulfilling life. I have virtually no compulsions now – I can even eat pizza with my fingers!
Miss C
The TMS treatment has eliminated almost all of the distressing and unwanted thoughts, and therefore the time spent ruminating and the need to constantly discuss them and worry about them.
Alex
I don’t know where to begin to tell you of our thoughts and gratitude to you. Our son is now the son we have had glimpses of throughout his adult life.
Mrs A