#FISHER WALLACE STIMULATOR REVIEWS SIMULATOR#

That press release you cited was written by Fisher Wallace. The author states, of the the press release: The questioner cites a public relations release from Fisher-Wallace that makes a number of claims. The Fisher Wallace people try to trick you by saying it’s “FDA cleared,” but what that actually means is that the FDA said that they do not need to “approve” or “reject” it because they don’t consider it to be a medical device. The reason why it’s not commonly prescribed is because it’s not FDA approved for anything. I’ll give some general answers here because neuromodulation is a strong interest of mine. We’re very careful on this forum to avoid giving medical advice to patients, since we can’t give you accurate advice without personally examining you. …esidents-journal/2015/October_2015.pdf#page=2 In retrospect, maybe I should have said more about tACS/CES in that article, but I didn’t think to mention it because I was trying to focus on stuff that is actually shown to work. I co-wrote a review article on tDCS for the Am J Psych residents’ journal which just came out a couple of days ago: Fisher-Wallace would like you to believe that they’re basically the same thing, since tDCS is much more well-established in the literature on the topic, but they’re different. This is distinct from tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation).

#FISHER WALLACE STIMULATOR REVIEWS SIMULATOR#

One of the coauthors of Resource (1) wrote the following on in response to the question “Why isn’t Fisher Wallace Cranial Simulator and similar devices prescribed/discussed more?”:īefore I go much further, I want to preface this by saying that the Fisher-Wallace Stimulator uses tACS (transcranial alternating current stimulation), also known as CES (cranial electrical stimulation). Please see the three articles listed below in Additional Resources. That said, transcranial direct current stimulation* for the treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders is a legitimate topic that has potential. The author I quote in this text immediately below concludes that the Fisher-Wallace Stimulator is no reliable research to support its use and that their marketing material contains a number of serious inaccuracies. The device uses transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the brain and their website and ads say it is effective for the treatment of anxiety and depression.

Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of ads for a device called the Fisher-Wallace Stimulator. Because I blog about medical topics, I see a lot of ads for medical devices.

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