Nerva reviews

No i do not want to record my symptoms daily. Yes I would like info on IBS, but no I will not feed answers into your AI to get it. Surely you are already charging enough from this to warrant not collecting our data? Honestly the only saving grace is that it actually works. This is my second round a few years before my first which was life-changing for me. But in saying that if I need another round in the future and another provider exists then I will be going with them instead of Nerva.

I was initially reluctant to subscribe due to the expense, but a 30% reduction from my doctor’s referral and a preference for a drug-free treatment persuaded me to try it. Was disappointed to find that it was actually only a 6 week program with 44 weeks of support. I started doing the sessions daily but then decreased my frequency to stretch out the program. The support emails and reminders do not match your actual progress through the program, they mirror your initial stated commitment to it. However, I did experience improvement from the very first session, and feel more in control due to an increased understanding of the mind-gut connection and some techniques for symptom management. 4/5 for the program itself. 2/5 for the administration of the program and not having the option to pay for the program then subscribe weekly for support.

It’s great but had to stop. $200 a year is just too expensive for something like this. $40 a month, if you go that route, is crazy. Netflix is half the cost and this is just a few recordings versus all the media they make. If it had real person/ therapist support that would make it better, but it’s the same recordings (it’s been explained to me, and I get why it’s that way) most days. I really do not get where they’re pulling this $200 a year price from. They have this program where it’s free if you’re poor, but most people do not qualify and still don’t have $200 a year to spend on something like this. I am in this boat. Medical greed once again.

The good: Hypnotherapy here works well. The bad: the app. I’m not sure who is in charge of IT for the app but 5 years and every update has broken something different. Constantly relaunching the app just to get a single hypnotherapy to load. Green screen of death or a spinning loading screen that takes dozens of times just to play the 12 min session. Adding AI in the latest update is just the icing on the cake. Why anyone at Nerva thinks we want AI therapy is beyond me. Considering the cost of this program I really expected better.

I understand Nerva is trying to help people who are victims of the IBS and its various categories. I also believe it might have been developed with a certain population in mind, and not for Geriatric population that can be considered superagers. I thought that my brain-bladder-gut connection problem could benefit from hypnotherapy but it would have to be more personalized so that directions offered would be a better fit. I am quite in awe about A1 progress in healthcare but it needs a dedicated team to expand its capabilities. My experience with my personal healthcare team, GPs and even specialists, has not been that positive or helpful.

I like the app so far, but the voice is not customizable and so it’s taking a bit to accept the suggestions. I also did not understand how to follow through the program correctly and so, I just accepted what popped up on the screen. Lots of inconsistent days. So, now I am going back to the first week (basically, starting over) to fill it in. I would think these minor issues would greatly impact the success of my inner journey especially, to reconnect the brain-gut messaging and therefore improve my body’s gut health!

I was finding the app to be helpful. Then many changes in content occurred that made it less interesting, less effective at stress reduction and less enjoyable. Why not allow users to be able to access all of the former content that was better - including the former introductory portions of each days session?

A few years ago I used this app and it helped me very much. I recently purchased another one-year subscription as a “top up” and a week or so into the subscription they updated the app. I don’t like the voice as much in the hypnotherapy sessions and I don’t like the content as much. It is not effective now. Not the great product that it was, at least for me. Expensive too.

Didn’t work for me. I understand the theory behind it but some of the hypnotherapy sessions just aren’t relevant to my climate (too British) or taste. There’s no ability to select the types of sessions you could visualise the best (and thus would be more open to hearing repeated each week). It might be a good starting point for someone with no prior knowledge or experience in general meditation or stress management techniques, but for those with any prior knowledge or experience in these areas might find this app less than useful.