Alpha-Stim SCS - CES device for stress related disorders.

 The Alpha-Stim SCS is a precision medical instrument used for the management of anxiety, depression and/or insomnia. This treatment is non-invasive and drug free.

The Alpha-Stim SCS provides a welcome alternative to drugs, especially in disorders that require long-term management. Unlike some drugs, the Alpha-Stim SCS leaves the mind alert.

The dangerous side effects of drugs are avoided, including accidental, intentional and/or suicidal overdosing. After treatment, there are usually no physical limitations imposed so you can resume normal activities.

The treatment is simple and can easily be self-administered at any time. People using the Alpha-Stim SCS usually report a pleasant relaxed feeling of well-being.

The current is applied by ear clip electrodes. During a treatment you may experience a mild tingling sensation as a result of the stimulating current flow.

The Alpha-Stim SCS is often the only means required to relieve anxiety, depression and/or insomnia. However, it may also be added to other therapy prescribed by your doctor. The Alpha-Stim SCS will not interfere with most other treatments.

What does it feel like?

You may feel a slight tingling sensation under the electrodes, but it is not necessary to feel this in order to achieve results. Most people feel nothing at all except positive results.

The Alpha-Stim is a safe alternative to treating addictions. If you are working towards sobriety or have achieved it, but still feel the urge to self-medicate (food, shopping, alcohol, drugs, etc), consider the Alpha-Stim SCS device.

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How can the Alpha-Stim® SCS help?

The Alpha-Stim® SCS empowers you to control your anxiety, depression, and/or insomnia. Used just 20 to 60 minutes every day, every other day, or on an as-needed basis, it can help induce a relaxed state and enable the user to focus attention on the task at hand. The Alpha-Stim® SCS is well tolerated and very safe in contrast to drugs, many of which have been proven to have undesirable side effects and can be addictive.
The Alpha-Stim® SCS leaves the mind alert. The person undergoing CES treatment will often report a pleasant, relaxed feeling of well-being. Anxiety reduction is usually experienced during treatment, but may be seen hours later, or even the day after treatment. Depression and insomnia control is generally experienced after one to two weeks of daily treatment.

How Alpha-Stim® Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) Works 

The exact mechanism by which Alpha-Stim produces effects is not fully known. However, based on previous and ongoing studies, it appears that the Alpha-Stim microcurrent waveform activates particular groups of nerve cells that are located at the brainstem. These groups of nerve cells produce the chemicals serotonin and acetylcholine which can affect the chemical activity of nerve cells that are both nearby and at more distant sites in the nervous system. In fact, these cells are situated to control the activity of nerve pathways that run up into the brain and that course down into the spinal cord. By changing the electrical and chemical activity of certain nerve cells in the brainstem, Alpha-Stim appears to amplify activity in some neurological systems, and diminish activity in others. This neurological ‘fine tuning’ is called modulation, and occurs either as a result of, or together with the production of a certain type of electrical activity pattern in the brain known as an alpha state which can be measured on brain wave recordings (called electroencephalograms, abbreviated EEG). Such alpha rhythms are accompanied by feelings of calmness, relaxation and increased mental focus. The neurological mechanisms that are occurring during the alpha state appear to decrease stresseffects, reduce agitation and stabilize mood, and regulate both sensations and perceptions of particular types of pain.

Blue arrows: inhinitory interactions
Purpure arrows: excitatory interactions

These effects can be produced after a single treatment, and repeated treatments have been shown to increase the relative strength and duration of these effects. In some cases, effects have been stable and permanent, suggesting that the electrical and chemical changes evoked by Alpha-Stim have led to a durable re-tuning back to normal function. Electromedical Products International, Inc. is dedicated to continued research into the mechanisms and effects through which Alpha-Stim can be beneficial to patients with pain, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders.

Maintenance of a relaxed, yet alert state is generally achieved with treatments three times per week. As a result, the Alpha-Stim® SCS is suitable for clinical or home use.

The Alpha Stim 100 comes complete with the following accessories: 

• One Set CE-2B Ear Clip Sensors
• 200 Felt Sensor Pads
• 15ml Alpha Conducting Solution
• 9V Battery
• Carrying Case
• Illustrated Owner's Manual

Practitioner’s Guide to Using Alpha-Stim

Testimonial from a recovering alchoholic

I would just like to inform you how invaluable I am finding the Alpha Stim. I have been using it because of alcohol addiction and depression with the assosiated problems that go with them i.e anxiety and insomnia. l am actually dolng things without thinking about them: for example i have joined SAAS which is analcohol association who deal with recovery both during and after recovery. They had a grant so they provide activities which are essential in my recovery. I took early retirement after 38 years working at the social security. Today I have not had a drink for six weeks and i have been out walking my dog for two hours Now i am about to go to town to meet my mum for coffee. My sleep has improved also just when I felt like giving up and i was developing agrophobia I saw your article and thought I had tried useless gimmicks before but i would give this a go and it is the best ting i have ever done. It is about time the hospitals and doctors provided this treatment but without being to political the goverment are way behind in the treatment of addicts. Once again thank you so much. Helen.