Has anyone received relief from depression or anxiety by using a CES device (cranial electrotherapy stimulation)?
Jan Meriss Alfonso Assistant at Ike Cella Nutrition Coaching Does Electrotherapy For Anxiety and Depression Work? Can electrotherapy help with anxiety and depression? The short answer is, yes! When you hear the word “electrotherapy” in relation to mental health, your first thoughts may be of disturbing electric shock treatments in 20th-century asylums. And that frightening picture isn’t wrong. According to Medical News Today, “ECT (another term for electric shock therapy) is one of the oldest and most controversia l psychiatric treatments.” Historically, practitioners who administered ECT did not place the patient under anesthesia or use muscle relaxants during the treatment, which caused frightening shaking, jolting, and pain. Furthermore, most patients back then did not consent to ECT treatment and were treated against their will. Despite its controversial history, ECT is actually a valid treatment for severe depression. Nowadays, patients undergoin...