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Using the MAD-1 treat insomnia.

You do not need to be a professional acupuncturist to effectively treat yourself with the MAD-1, just as you do not need a degree in medicine to know how and when to take an aspirin for a headache. The MAD-1 is easy to use and the handbook that comes with it simply and concisely explains how to use the MAD-1 to provide effective treatments that are tailor-made to treat your individual pattern of symptoms.

The MAD-1 excels at treating the type of insomnia where your mind feels like it is continually overrunning and just will not switch off. Thankfully there are some classic acupuncture points, described in the handbook, which can be used to calm the mind and draw down 'agitated energy' from the head. Also, if you are prone to early waking, the MAD-1's handbook describes how to use the MAD-1s to help you get back to sleep.

Please note that the MAD-1 is not designed to treat the physical condition, called Sleep Apnoea.

There have been many large scale scientific studies into treating insomnia with acupuncture which have confirmed its effectiveness even for those who suffer from chronic or severe insomnia. Please be aware that although the MAD-1s start to take effect very quickly, the effects of the treatments are accumulative so that the more you use them the more effective they become. This is in complete contrast to sleeping drugs which frequently become less effective over time.

How many MAD-1s will I need to effectively treat myself?

The number of MAD-1s required is dependent on the severity and number of symptoms you experience. In most instances two devices will be enough to provide an effective treatment (two devices is the minimum for treating insomnia). However, if the insomnia is really severe, or there are a lot of additional symptoms such as anxiety or mood swings, then you will usually require four devices to provide an effective treatment.
Please note: If your insomnia is accompanied by anxiety, we strongly recommend that you BUY AN ADDITIONAL STRAP as many people with anxiety based insomnia have reported that wearing one device on each wrist dramatically improves their sleep. When used in this manner, the MAD-1s can be placed on the most tender acupuncture point on each wrist, immediately prior to going to bed, and switched on for about half an hour, or until the anxiety has subsided. The devices can then be switched OFF, but still worn through the night, only being turned ON again if the anxiety reappears.

A letter from a severe insomnia sufferer's wife-
"I love my husband to bits, and he is a very clever and loving man, but our marriage has been hard work because of his persistent insomnia. He usually only slept between 2 to 4 hours which left him irritable as hell and unable to work at anything consistently. Over the last 10 years he has tried everything to help him get more sleep. The drugs would work for maybe one or two nights and then he wouldn't sleep at all. When he was going through a bad phase, one or two hours sleep in three days, we had found that if I drove him around in the car he sometimes managed to fall to sleep for half an hour or so. Then about a year ago we went through his worst consistent sleeplessness he had ever experienced, I really thought that he was going to go mad. I was desperate and took him to see an acupuncturist, which had been the only treatment that had helped at all in the past. I literally had to guide him to the car, he was shaking and had what he described as rushing electrical sensations in his head. I think the acupuncturist was more than a little worried about him, and confided to me that my husbands condition was very serious.
The night after the first treatment he slept for seven hours. I had literally never known him to sleep that long and the next day he was much better. Unfortunately the effects did not last and although they helped, we couldn't afford treatments everyday. I bought an acupuncture point stimulator from ebay but it actually made him worse and I was about to give up on the whole thing again when I came across your site. He has been using the MAD-1s for around 3 months now and he is like living with a different person. I still can't say he sleeps well, but at least he sleeps. He now usually sleeps for 5 to 7 hours. The really good thing is that his health and his moods are now much more stable and he's actually happy. I have never written a letter to anyone about their product before but I thought that  you might like to know that what you did actually made a difference to people lives. I don't really know what else to say other than thank you."
From Janet.