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My wife asked me to write a little note about my use of the Alpha-Stim.

After a vicious dog attack last summer, I developed CRPS/RSD. The pain in my hand progressively increased until I could no longer do everyday normal things. My skin got bluish, cold and clammy, the nails brittle and the slightest contact with anything really hurt bad. With CRPS/RSD comes a long road of treatment and therapy. In addition to nerve blocks and medication, it was recommended that I use a unit such as an Alpha Stim.

As a small business owner, with 22 employees, I do not have the option of taking disability. I started to use the unit in December 2007. I get daily relief from the pain and four months later my condition is improving, thanks in part to Alpha Stim. It gets me through my day!

- Alan R. , CRPS/RSD-Not Given

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I am in my mid forties and for 2 years ago I have been battling a muscle spasm condition in my back. Drugs did not help or the ones that did just knocked me flat out, doctor after doctor could not figure it out. Nothing helped. I could only sleep 3 hours at a time waking up twisted like a pretzel, could not sit on most restaurant chairs, bought a new expensive car with a seat I could manage to stay on for 30 minutes, could not fly on airplanes, could no longer scuba dive (my favorite sport) etc…Hell.

Then I was sent to try physical therapy. The therapist explained to me that the signal from the brain to the muscles that tells them to go into spasms has to be stopped. It is very hard for the brain and muscles to “unlearn” these patterns. He taught me some daily stretches, some strengthening exercises, ordered me to walk 30 minutes per day and started electromedical treatments. It worked!

I purchased my unit last year and it has saved my life. Literally. I am in the productive years of my life and could not imagine trying to function with the drugs that I was originally prescribed. No one could. The Alpha-Stim allowed me to get back to absolutely normal. I now have to use it perhaps once a month if I am bad and overdo the yard work!

I don’t mind, there was a time when I thought that I would never do any gardening ever again.

I wish that every physician could be educated on this kind of therapy and that all health plans would cover it. The savings in money and suffering would be staggering.

- Christine , Pain- CA

“I ended up ordering an Alpha-Stim SCS from Austin Biofeedback Center in Austin, TX on Friday, September 14th for my son, Gerald “Jason” Ellis who is currently serving in a rapid deployment unit with the Army 3rd ID in Iraq. Thank you for asking how he is doing. As far as I know, Jason is doing fine. He did receive the Alpha-Stim and has been using it as often as he can. At the time I sent the Alpha-Stim to him I was getting very worried about his mental health due to the tremendous amount of stress he was struggling to cope with on a never ending basis. Within one week of using the Alpha-Stim I could tell a difference in his tone of voice and attitude. His sense of humor began to return and he was once again beginning to dream about his future rather than dwell on the harsh reality of a fatigued soldier in combat. Since then, he has had the experience of having to live without it for approximately 2 weeks under stressful conditions and I could hear his anxiety levels increasing significantly during that time. I’m hoping by now he has been able to hook up and dump some of the anxiety that seems to be on overflow, but I haven’t heard from him yet.

The best assistance you could provide would be to convince the military to embrace this type of therapy for every soldier living in a war zone. Beginning with the combat units living in the neighborhoods of Baghdad as these soldiers are being challenged in ways the military has never challenged our brave soldiers before. I see the Alpha-Stim as a very small price to pay to help protect the mental health of our young men and women who are fighting so hard and living and working without the comforts of electricity most of the time, or water and sewage; just to mention a few things Americans take for granted. I wish you luck and success in this effort.

Dana Ellis

Sr. Systems Analyst

Department of Veteran's Affairs

Corporate Franchise Data Center (CFD)

512-326-6968

- Dana Ellis , Anxiety

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I am a 53-year old man with a history of anxiety and depression that I can trace back to being five years of age.
I have sought relief through treatment with psychiatrists and psychologists for the past fifteen years. I have been prescribed SSRI's, MAOI's, and tricyclics, all to no avail. Recently, I moved to Nevada, and as a lawyer, was required to take the Nevada Bar Exam. While studying, I fell into a major depressive episode accompanied by disabling anxiety.

I sought help from a local psychiatrist. At the end of our initial consultation, he told me, "I don't want you to think that I'm a quack, but some of my patients have gotten relief from a device called the Alpha-Stim." He had me try his demonstrator and I immediately felt a reduction in my anxiety level. After a two-week trial period, I purchased an Alpha-Stim from him. Since then my depression has noticeably lessened, my anxiety is greatly reduced, and I am sleeping better. I consider myself a total skeptic and do not believe that this is simply a placebo effect. I would highly recommend the Alpha-Stim to anyone who suffers from depression, anxiety and/or insomnia.

- Lawrence B, Anxiety, Insomnia, Depression- Nevada