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Topic: bad reaction from Alpha Stim?

IrTabby2
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Member # 31079

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So I am hoping to get some pre-emptive advice.

Today at my docs office she said she had this

great product and wanted to test it on me.

Without even asking she put the hooks on my ears

and turned it on. She told me it would help clear

up my pain (I am desperate to get off the pain

meds) and that it was an amazing machine that had

changed the life of another patient. So I

submitted and it was on me for about 10-15

minutes. Then I come home and look it up on here

to find that so many people have had bad

experiences, made them much sicker, set them

months back and made them feel like they were

dying.

I just had it done this afternoon and so far dont

feel horrible, but most people said it didnt kick

in till the next day. Just wondering if there is

anything possible I can do tonight to try and

undo what was done, or alleviate any future

issues???? Please if you have any advice. Ive

already had some really bad set backs recently so

really not up for another.

On a side note I need to learn never to let them

do someothing on me before I've had a chance to

research it myself. No matter how great they say

it is. Too bad it is so engrained that doctors

are perfect and should be heeded,

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seibertneurolyme
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 6416

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I would suggest increasing antioxidants -- vitamin C, pycnogenol (pine bark extract) and CoQ10 come to mind.

Hubby tried the alpha stim a couple of times years ago. Once it did keep him out of the ER -- woke him up from a seizure-like episode. But the other time or two in the docs office when he was less symptomatic it didn't seem to do much either good or bad.

This is not medical advice, just my opinion based on hubby's experiences.

Bea Seibert

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sutherngrl
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 16270

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I tried the alpha stim several times when I was first ill, and it relaxed me just a little. Don't recall any negative reaction to it at all.

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Rumigirl
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 15091

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Don't worry about it. I've never heard of anyone having a bad reaction to it. I suppose anything can happen to someone, but all it does is relax you a bit and put you into an alpha state (or it's supposed to).

I have one, so I know. And the way it works for pain is not by using the ear clips, but by using electrodes on the area of pain, or a probe on the area of pain. I suppose by relaxing you, theoretically it could help with pain, but probably not much.

Although it's relaxing, it was never as much help as I would have liked. But don't worry. It's highly unlikely that you will have a bad reaction.

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