Apollo Neuro?

[Hippopotsamus]

Anyone tried the Apollo Neuro band? It is supposed to improve SNS/PANS balance and increase HRV. My HRV is always garbage which makes sense, as I always feel like I’m stuck in fight/flight with the POTS adrenaline. Just wondering if anyone had experience with it. 

[Jyoti]

I got an Apollo in December and have been using it regularly since.  I love it.  I have ME/CFS and dysautonomia so like many I am dealing with a stew of symptoms. It id not the be-all/end-all I had been hoping for, but it is has been a lifesaver in terms of bringing my sympathetic tone down.  It is brilliant when I have gone too far, done too much and start to feel that trembling/shaking thing inside.  It slows me down, brings me back into balance.  I too feel stuck with my sympathetic 'on' almost all the time and this thing really helps me downshift.   It is not as powerful as say, a benzo, but it heads in the same direction and there is no danger of overuse.

It has a bunch of 'modes' or programs, for things like 'Wake up and Energize' and 'Clear and Focused' which have not been all that helpful to me, but 'Relax and Unwind' is wonderful.  It helps me back to sleep when I wake at night, and it grounds me when I edge toward anxiety as my body goes off on its own wonky course.

I noticed some kind of interesting systemic shifts as well.  The first night I used it to lull myself into a sleepy state I noticed I was yawning and it dawned on me that I hadn't yawned in years.  I am just wired, or knocked out.  There was something so delicious about that physical process of winding down.  

My teenaged daughter loves it for her anxiety and also to do schoolwork.  

It IS expensive, which is a big consideration.  Someone on another forum was inspired to try out a small, cheap 'bullet' vibrator wrapped in cloth and strapped to her wrist ankle and got a lot of benefit from that as well.   She also put this on her belly which has a lot of pain and got some relief there too.  

I am fascinated by this idea and I suspect that subsequent iterations of the Apollo (and some others which are in the pipeline) will be even more well-tuned and useful.