Posted by willyee on November 12, 2005, at 13:26:04
In reply to Re: Alpha-stim vs anxiety and depression, posted by RichardB on November 12, 2005, at 1:11:59
> > > Just who WANTS to take pills???? For Stress? depression? Anxiety? I mean SERIOUSLY!!! If there was something, FDA approved, that profoundly reduces these and makes you feel what is NORMAL for you, without drugs or the side effects of drugs, and without ANY lasting or dangerous or debilitating side effects, who would do the loudest complaining????
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> > > PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES...
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> > > Take a look at bht-us.com or alpha-stim.com
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> > Okay i have alpha stim,please dont present it as a cure or better than medication.
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> > Its treatment falls under the same umbella that is AS,AS AS effective as medication,which means some people might like it,some not.
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> > Also not to mislead anyone,alpha stim actualy recomends u DO NOT STOP MEDS,but in fact use its product in conjunction with meds.
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> > I will admitt at one time i used it and it might have helped my medication,but it just isnt effective enough to be 100 percent sure of it.
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> > So yess it can be considered a great tool in ones aresnal of meds,herbs etc,.....only downside,hmmmmmm it only cost nearly a 1000 bucks.
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> > I do not personaly find it worht the price,it has not brought me 1000 dollers worht of reliaf.
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> > just my two cents is all.
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> The FDA never said, nor do I that the alpha-stim works BETTER than drugs. What I said is without the SIDE EFFECTS OF DRUGS. How many hundreds of thousands of people are taking drugs whose side effects make their lives a living hell. Why don't you ask them: if the treatment is as effective, without the side effects wouldn't you or your doctor consider it???
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> Secondly, the SCS model of the alpha-stim lists for $495, and many distributors offer refurbished units for conseridably less. With one year warranty.
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> I'm sorry if you weren't given those options.
I sure was given the option of a second hand unit.But when spending that range of money,between 500-800 dollers who wants to spend 500 bucks on a second hand used unit?Well i did,i dont blame anyone for that,i am an adult,i made the decision to do so,if i could go back id have saved that money.
The unit is also cheap looking,does not have the appearence of a pieace of equipment that should cost such a high amount of money,i felt quite silly when i finaly saw what i spent 500 dollers on,its a fragile pieace of plastic.My 30 walkman was more sturdy built.
Overall i would have still invested in it if the price range were no higher than 100 dollers for a brand new unit.
And the website doesent come right out and say it,but they sure do make it seem like this product is a must for depressives,personaly i think its a shame companys are willing to shaft people when they know they are in pain and desperate.
Kinda like kicking a man when hes down.I also dont believe you have to exactly say something to project a idea onto people,this is what makes a good sales person,and i believe personaly your post did so,and i like gardengirl saw your post as a sales lead,im not saying u are affilated with the company,just saying thats the impression i gathered.Whether u care to state whether or not you are is up to you.
One of my regrets along paying certain docs is spending 500 on a second hanf pieace of equipment.I should have known better but the way i feel,the desperation has led me to do a ton of things i normaly would know better than.
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