188. Treating Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia Naturally with Kelly Roman

Kelly Roman

February 5, 2019

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Kelly Roman is co-founder of Fisher Wallace Laboratories, a medical device company based in New York that was first to commercialize wearable brain stimulation. Prior to Fisher Wallace, Kelly graduated from Harvard and served as a marketing executive in the media and software industries.

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In this episode, we discover the most effective natural treatment for depression, anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain that you’ve probably never heard of – but that thousands of psychiatrists and primary care providers are already providing to their patients.

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So what is this veritable panacea for the mind?

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It’s the Fisher Wallace Stimulator®, a wearable neurostimulation device invented by electrical engineers in partnership with physicians and research scientists. Joining the show to teach us more about this device and why Electroconvulsive therapy treatments are so effective is Kelly Roman, co-founder of Fisher Wallace Laboratories.

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The Fisher Wallace Stimulator® received FDA-Clearance for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and insomnia back in 1990 under the original brand name Liss Cranial Stimulator®. By 2010, several hundred psychiatrists were prescribing the device and finding it to be effective with thousands of treatment-resistant patients.

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In 2015, additional clinical research was launched at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital and Phoenix House, resulting in a landmark study on bipolar depression. In 2017, Medicaid in Maine approved the Fisher Wallace Stimulator® for full coverage. And today, more than 9000 providers recommend the Fisher Wallace Stimulator® to their patients.

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So this is a full-blown, government-approved wearable device that thousands of people are benefitting from today, and that thousands more could surely benefit from if they knew this alternative to prescription drugs existed.

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I used to be on medication and it really made me feel terrible. I was in a bad place and I needed some help, but I wish I had known an alternative like this existed. So if you know someone who is struggling with more traditional treatments for depression, anxiety, insomnia, or chronic pain, let them know about Fisher Wallace.

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Topics Discussed In This Episode:

What exactly you can expect from Electroconvulsive therapy (also known as “ECT”), and how it’s different from other forms of neurostimulation
How ECT is different from happened to Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
How does the device help your body release dopamine, serotonin and fall into a state of deep relaxation, no drugs required.
The history of Electroconvulsive therapy, going back to the ‘70s when doctors started to explore it for depression in place of antidepressants
The fascinating results of Fisher Wallace’s bipolar study, which was conducted with both a placebo group and a crossover design.
How Luke and others are using Fisher Wallace to enhance their meditation
The device’s effect on your HRV scores, or heart rate variability
What it takes to legally make a medical claim for a device or drug
What causes clinical insomnia and how we can all have a higher quality of sleep, with and without medical intervention
Why improving someone’s mood and sleep is hugely helpful for addicts trying to stay sober
The relationship between depression and your phone or social media use
Other lifestyle practices that will help support your mood and quality of sleep

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