CefalyReviews of cefaly.us

I have been using cefaly for just over 4 months now and I have to say I have seen a noticeable improvement in my migraine frequency and intensity. I have chronic migraine with daily severe migraines and now I am having days without migraine and the migraines are generally less severe and easier to treat. As a note this is not the only treatment I am on, I have regular botox treatments at the headache clinic per the neurology clinic and have been having cgrp injections for a few years. I have had almost every drug and treatment under the sun and take multiple migraine supplements so when I say I can see a difference I mean it, even my husband has noticed it. Since buying the device I have used it religiously every day at least once and more at the beginning. It doesn’t take a migraine away completely in that it will return after a couple of hours but it does greatly reduce the intensity of pain and accompanying symptoms. I did find it hard to tolerate at first and it took me about 2 weeks to get up to full intensity, but I persevered, I still find it uncomfortable, especially for the first 15 minutes. Regarding the electrode pads I guess I have been lucky with them as they are extremely adherent to my skin and I have only just now had to buy my second pack, they have lasted much longer for me than advertised. All in all I am so glad I bought this device, I admit I was fully expecting to have to return it.

I have had my cefaly a few days. So far I have found it helpful. It takes some getting used to and is pretty intense, but already I have noticed the acute mode is helping calm my chronic (every day) migraine. For a couple of hours afterwards my pain remains fairly mild and the overall course of my migraines has been less severe. It has given me hope for the first time in ages! It hasn’t been a total cure though and hasn’t fully aborted a migraine, but anyone with hideous chronic migraine knows not to expect miracles. I am hopeful that I will see effects from the preventative mode too. The full intensity on both modes becomes pretty unbearable (for me as a beginner) but the ability to limit the intensity is helpful. Even though I do experience some side effects like nausea and vertigo during/after treatment. It is temporary though and much less severe than the symptoms caused by my migraine so I will tolerate it. I wish there was an ability to check/control intensity via an app (as per previous versions) as it is difficult to know if I’m increasing intensity each session or not. My one BIG bugbear with this product is the flashing light. When I first used cefaly during the day it wasn’t an issue. At night/ when in a darkened room it becomes something of a torture. It is somewhat sadistic to expect a migraine patient to attach a flashing light to their forehead and tolerate it flashing every couple of seconds for an hour. Even with my eyes closed it exacerbates my migraine. How did this pass user testing?! Apparently it was a requested feature. Did the testers not have photophobia?!My cefaly is now covered in light blocking stickers. Sadly they don’t stay on for long and I need a long term solution. Cefaly, PLEASE release a version of this product without a light. It would be such a game changer.