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After his first effective TMS treatment, Tim Ferriss was unable to ejaculate for two weeks — a side effect attributed to over-suppressing the sympathetic nervous system.
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Tim Ferriss used accelerated TMS combined with the neuroplasticity agent D-cycloserine to drop his generalised anxiety and OCD rumination from an 8-9 out of 10 to near zero — in a single day. The effects lasted three to four months. It changed how fast he fell asleep, how easily he meditated, and how he processed the friction of daily life.
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A stellate ganglion block involves an ultrasound-guided anaesthetic injection into a nerve bundle in the neck, essentially shaking the etch-a-sketch of your sympathetic nervous system. Chris Williamson tracked a 30% overnight increase in HRV that held for months. It's primarily used for PTSD in soldiers. You do one side, wait, then do the other — because both at once would shut down half your face and throat.
Chris Williamson tracked a 30% overnight increase in HRV after a bilateral stellate ganglion block, which held for several months before gradually declining.
After his first successful TMS treatment, Tim Ferriss couldn't ejaculate for two weeks. His doctor had never seen it before and attributed it to over-suppressing the sympathetic nervous system. The good news: anxiety gone. The bad news: something else gone too. Eventually it resolved — and now he knows to expect it as confirmation that the treatment worked.
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