Posted by Hugh on July 22, 2014, at 11:42:59
In reply to Re: tDCS for depression, posted by Beckett on July 21, 2014, at 19:27:52
I have tried HeartMath. And I've tried Wild Divine. I like them okay. They can be especially effective for people with lots of anxiety.
About CES, my Sota Bio Tuner has three settings -- energizing, relaxing and sleep. The energizing program made me feel anxious. The relaxing and sleep programs made me feel calm, but over a period of a few months, they became less and less effective. My brain became habituated to them. Apparently, habituation is a big problem with CES devices.
Light and sound devices have the same problem. The first few times I used one (a David Paradise XL), my brain's reaction was "WOW!" But after a couple weeks, my brain's reaction was "yawn." An exception to this is the pRoshi. It's a light stimulation device, and its signal is so complex that the brain is much less likely to become habituated to it. It's helped to make me feel more focused. Its biggest drawback is its price -- about $1,800.
http://www.biofeedback.no/utstyr/roshi.html
http://brainhealer.com/services/proshi-personal-roshi/
I belong to some of the neurofeedback groups on Yahoo. Some neurofeedback clinicians have tried using the Alpha Stim with their patients. The clinicians say that it works for a while, but then their patients become habituated to it. There's a more sophisticated CES device that some of the neurofeedback clinicians are enthusiastic about. It's called Nexalin, and it appears to be more effective than other forms of CES, and so far habituation hasn't been a problem. But you can't buy one for personal use. You need to go to a Nexalin provider to try it.
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