My routine when I am stable is quite good, but been all out of whack the last few months with hormonal and medication changes. I've been told by pdocs and nurses alike that I have brilliant coping strategies and I put a lot of effort into making my life work. But when life stressors hit, on comes an episode. Not all the time but some of it, enough of it to be disruptive and put me in hospital. This is the first event in over 3 years.

I've been checking out the Alpha-stim, sounds interesting, thankyou for the suggestion! I wonder if this is similar on a much smaller scale to what ECT can do? I'd be more keen to try electrical brain stimulation if it was effective to the point of no longer needing medication. If I still need to be on meds after it, there seems little point to me. I also wonder about headaches or migranes, would they worsen? CES is definitely something I will bring up with my pdoc. I wish the unit was a bit more affordable though. Its price puts it out of my reach. But I will bring it up with my pdoc and see if there is anything on offer here that is similar or perhaps covered by medicare or the PBS. Thanks