Date: March 9 2005
Author: Joellen Cross
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Indications: Pain, Depression
Thank you a million-trillion times for Alpha-Stim!!! I have carpel tunnel, and fibromyalgia (with the accompanying insomnia and lack of energy). I received my unit last July, and went from despondent and weary from the chronic pain, to nearly pain-free, and elated at the change, in less than a week. From dragging my sorry behind up the flight of stairs to my apartment, to DASHING up the stairs without being winded! The pain from the fibromyalgia was deeply stabbing pain that would strike without warning, sometimes bringing me to tears in the middle of a trip to the grocery store. For months, I couldn’t push a shopping cart because of the pain in my arms. Now, I rarely get such severe pain, the current level of pain averages about 2-3 over the course of a day instead of 7-9 (on a 10 point scale), and can be characterized as dull or irritating instead of debilitating. My energy level is vastly increased. I was unemployed for several years because of my pain, loss of fine motor skills and lack of energy (requiring daily naps). I now sleep deeper than before Alpha-Stim, and rise fewer times per night. This results in better energy during the day and the need for only the occasional nap, and I seem to need only about 6-8 hours of sleep instead of 10-12. My sense of self-worth has improved, because I have less trouble keeping up the household duties. And the depression I was experiencing more and more as the chronic pain progressed is all but eliminate. I live in a “challenging” neighborhood (lots of drug and prostitute activity on the streets-sirens frequently-accidents at the busy corner ½ block away) and the stress can really get to a person. I feel much more able to cope with this often hostile environment, and more patient in traffic, too. I had begun to use alcohol for the pain and had even combined it with codeine to achieve even some relief on the really bad days. I almost never use pharmaceuticals any more, and my desire for alcohol has faded to the “occasional beer with pizza” level.
Thanks again, from my toes to my nose, you have improved the quality of my life. And probably the span, too, since now I truly want to live it!!!
