Posted by susan C on July 12, 2001, at 16:39:42
In reply to CES and light therapy, posted by dshort on July 12, 2001, at 0:01:38
Ahhh, alpha stim 100, it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. My diagnosis was chronic clinical depression, the combo of prozac and trazadone had stopped working after 6 years (of what I know was manic bliss) and no med seemed to work. I found out about the concept,CES, via an obsure ad in a new age magazine I happened to pick up that said something like 'depressed, try this' and researched it on the net, and Alpha Stim was the only one for sale that was/is FDA approved. I also called all three and asked for a Medical Doctor referral. When the distributor for my area called, she referred me to my own doctor! He had used it successfully for confusion in a brain injured patient and a psychologist in his office uses it a lot (about 100 patients) with varying results, about 70% get some benefit, if I remember right. Then I insisted my pdoc prescribe it, which he could only do and have insurance cover it, if I had chronic pain, which I did, so he did. He and I argued about whether or not it was working. But I had journaled my experience: within 10 days I was sleeping better and feeling better. I used it for about a year, then had a return of suicidal ideation, I increased the time, frequency, everything...it had stopped working as things tend to do.
> I do not know how the CES machine works for depression but it is supposed to be helpful for depression.There is info. on the internet for the Alpha-Stim and phone numbers of dealers that you can reach,they are trained in how and when to use them.I first rented mine from the doctor to see if it would help me and then I knew of an acquaintance that sold them so bought mine from him.
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> For the light therapy ,there is a book out ,"Light Years Ahead" .My doctor wrote the third chapter in that book.Interesting,your experience with the light that flickered as that is how he uses the lights,at different flicker rates and different colors to stimulate various parts of the thinking.
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