What is TMS?
TMS
TMS is Transcranial magnetic stimulation, a non-invasive brain stimulation technique used in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The material tracks its use for anxiety and OCD, with reports of significant symptom reduction following accelerated protocols.
How it developed
- Feb 2026 - Tim Ferriss said that taking something beforehand allows one day of accelerated TMS to sometimes yield results better than what was previously achieved with 3-4 months of treatment.
In the evidence
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TMS combined with D-cycloserine represents an emerging one-day outpatient protocol for anxiety and OCD with multi-month durability, worth monitoring as an accessible neurostimulation therapy.
“I've been able to get like a 90% reduction in my generalized anxiety disorder and OCD for 3 to four months at a time.”Andrew Huberman · 22 Jul 2026
A one-day TMS protocol augmented with D-cycloserine yielded a self-reported 90% reduction in generalized anxiety disorder and OCD lasting 3 to 4 months per treatment.
“I've been able to get like a 90% reduction in my generalized anxiety disorder and OCD for 3 to four months at a time.”Andrew Huberman · 22 Jul 2026
D-cycloserine combined with a single day of accelerated TMS may outperform 3 to 4 months of conventional TMS, making it worth tracking as a fast-track depression protocol.
“When you take this beforehand you can do something like 1 day of accelerated TMS, and sometimes the results are better than what you previously, let's just call it 7 years ago, would get from 3-4 months.”Tim Ferriss · 24 Feb 2026
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeting motor and supplementary motor cortex can interrupt compulsive behaviors and reduce OCD symptoms, with early small-cohort evidence of effectiveness.
“We know that the TMS coil can interrupt the motor behaviors, the compulsive behaviors, and at least in a small cohort of studies and a small number of patients within those studies, this has been shown to be effective.”Andrew Huberman · 9 Jul 2026
Tim Ferriss on a one-day TMS protocol combined with descloerene producing months of relief from anxiety and OCD.
“I was able to get 3 to four months of complete relief after one day which is bananas.”Tim Ferriss · 29 Jul 2026
TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) combined with the drug descloerene as a one-day protocol worth watching for anxiety and OCD treatment, based on Tim Ferriss's reported personal experience.
“I was able to get 3 to four months of complete relief after one day which is bananas.”Tim Ferriss · 29 Jul 2026