Neurofeedback Puns

On December 4, 2019, I reached out to one of the few neurofeedback practitioners in town to request to be on her waitlist. “I am desperate for relief from my depression” I signed off the email to the therapist I heard about in a Buddhist Recovery meeting.

Past: I went from constant anxiety and weekly and/or daily panic attacks… I was vomiting if I ever had to leave my house, completely agoraphobic. I had a leg shaking panic attack any time I had to drive. My depression was terrible. The only reason I didn’t kill myself was because I didn’t have the means that would truly kill myself. And I don’t want to go into the lengths of research I did before coming to that conclusion. I was also being impulsive and dangerous with substances.

My relationships with people were terrible. I would look for attention in people who didn’t care about me. I threatened to leave my phone and never speak to my parents again because things were so rocky at one point.

After 2 years of neurofeedback: My life is completely different now. I wouldn’t consider myself “cured” or anything, but my brain is different now. It has made new neuro pathways and connections.

I’m a lot more calm now. My brain seems quieter, and nicer to me. I still have triggers and anxiety, but it’s way more under control. I can catch myself going down a spiral and try to stop it before going down the rabbit hole. Same with the depression. Combined with CBT, it’s like my brain says “shh, Dear. We don’t need to go there” and it doesn’t.

I feel like I genuinely shed toxic people out of my life. It’s as if I now know what type of person I’m looking for, and don’t put up with bullshit anymore. Kind of like I found my worth and boundaries in a sense? I found a partner who loves me, and we’re so compatible. I’m on a good status with family relationships.

I still have a long way to go and I will honestly probably train with neurofeedback for the rest of my life 😹 But it saved my life. I have so much hope now. It really changed everything for me.

If you have access to neurofeedback, DO IT!! Find a BCIA certified practitioner. You can even rent/buy gear and do it remotely. Actually be under the supervision of a licensed clinician. This is your brain!!! You need to be under care of someone. I don’t know about those “one size fits all” approaches you see ads for…

I have a 2EB+ from BrainMaster. I know there is even better technology than what I’m working with, too. I have been doing beta and high beta dow

For those of you familiar with Othmer ILF Neurofeedback, wondering how many sessions is typical to resolve an issue? Particularly looking at insomnia? I have been using ILF, almost daily, for about 35 sessions and have seen some, but not full improvements to my sleep. I’m mostly training at T4-P4; I can’t tolerate T3-T4. I’m also doing some Cz beta down training and an an occasional traditional alpha theta session at Oz. Considering switching to Othmer’s two-channel alpha theta training.

Would appreciate hearing any thoughts or experiences with this.

Hi everyone. Does anyone know if neurofeedback helps for anhedonia? I’ve had 4 sessions so far and feel l certainly feel less anxious and much less depressed but the feeling of disconnect and anhedonia still very present. Still feel like an empty shell. Anyone know if neurofeedback targets that part of the brain where we regain a strong emotional function?

I have been diagnosed as Bipolar Type 1 and meds and traditional therapy aren’t really working for me. I’ve read a little about neurofeedback and was wondering if anyone has given it a try?

Hi,

I have a chronic pain condition and have found that Qigong meditation, where I am using my body while meditating, is very helpful. I also meditate in a variety of other ways, which is also helpful. I have also started using Joe Dispenza's meditation and find that it takes me a while to get into a very relaxed state so that I can fully imagine my healing. I am looking for something to help with this. Would HRV training or neurofeedback be helpful? Would one be better than another? My condition seems to be related to the vagus nerve and being in a sympathetic state too much.

I live in an area where there are no neurofeedback practitioners. How would I find someone to help me with HRV or neurofeedback that I can do remotely? Thanks!

Hi there. I had posted another post with my sorry here. After intense mushroom ceremonies followed by my vaccine, I felt a total emotional disconnection. This was back in may and had been going ever since. I had MRi’s done and all the other tests but all came back clear. I can’t seem to tap into any feelings and feel like I’ve lost my life force, and the feeling is focused on the front part of my brain.

I am completed my 6th session last week. I noticed the anxiety go down a lot which is good. But feelings have not come back yet and I have this weird feeling on the front of my head, like am breathing into some sort of void.

Would appreciate if you guys could give me any feedback and if you think neurofeedback will be able to give me back some of my old self. Feel like an empty shell. Thank you!

I have adhd/a brain tumor and this. I was supposed to continue my neurofeedback treatments but, I got stuck in another country during the pandemic and don't see myself returning in the future as I have family to where I am stuck now.

I’m considering going this route but need input.

I’m considering it and want to know if it’s worth it!

With Dr. Perlmutter and other brain researchers leading the way with advocating lower sugar diet to support brain function, I am curious to know if anyone of you guys or know anyone who DID or DID NOT change their diet drastically and still saw improvements with neurofeedback. I do understand an "optimal" diet lays a better foundation for healing, but I am curious how much change or at all by your experience.

Helloo, does anyone have experience with neurofeedback? I have some extra money and don‘t know where to spend it. Either neurofeedback, but I don‘t know how helpful it will be. Are 10 sessions enough to experience positive lasting improvement? I have problems with dysregulation and concentration.

Or I could move out. I wanted to do it for a long time already and it really a became a burden…. But I will maybe be somewhere else in 8 months anyway sooo idk. Any advice appreciated.

Anyone here tried those treatments? Curious about its effectiveness. Thanks

For the past month I've been suffering from a bit of Health Anxiety. Just within the past week, I've had experiences of hypnic jerks while i'm asleep and I've been able to get through the nights sleeping well despite them however I'm having racing thoughts about them and googling them to see if anyone's overcame them.

I guess right now, my jerking symptoms aren't as bad as others but was just thinking would Neurofeedback help calm my thoughts and even help with hypnic jerks? despite sleeping well, it's giving me daytime anxiety and I find it hard to function sometimes.

Hi all, I am new here, I have DPDR and Anhedonia due to OCD & high anxiety. I believe I have found most of the solutions that are beneficial physiologically but I’m still at a standstill unless if I can rewire my thought patterns to break the loops that keep me stuck in this state. My question is what type of Neurofeedback is most effective for this considering my condition?

Thank you for any recommendations.

I’m looking into this therapy for social anxiety, avoidance and low self esteem. Has anybody found that neurofeedback has helped them with their anxiety?

Hi all. I've been working with a therapist that thinks I'm on the autism spectrum. Based on this, I was looking into finding a neuropsych to get a diagnosis. The only one my insurance covers in my area is a neurofeedback shop, which based on what research I've been able to find online is not strongly evidence based. Seems like a field with a lot of possibility, but not a lot of strong, independent, properly blinded research.

I went for an onboarding chat and came away with a sense of 'there's way too much marketing for a doctor's office.' Everything was too shiny, too veneered, too quaffed - hell, there was a modern art display in the sitting room and portraits of the doctor sitting with famous athletes/actors/etc - which is setting off a lot of red flags. It's got that snake oil salesmen feel, which I couldn't shake and really concerned me. But this is not my field of expertise, so I'm struggling to sift through all the self promoting 'white papers' that the doctor gave me and that are readily available online vs actual peer reviewed research (which seems to be in short supply or I don't know where to look).

The doctor suggested that a brain map will show conclusively whether I'm autistic or not and that the field is so extremely we developed that 'every inch of the brain is very well understood, so if he sees too much of this type of wave over here that's a sign of someone who struggles with face identification, etc.' That seemed sketchy to me as well based on my limited knowledge of the field. I don't doubt we've made many strides forward with brain imaging, but that claim seems overstated?

So, I was wondering if folks here that are better exposed to the field could point me to actual, peer reviewed research on brain mapping, it's efficacy in diagnosis of autism, and neurofeedback. I'm not really interested in neurofeedback as a treatment, but I want to understand whether the doctor is really representing evidence based medicine. Thanks for the help.

I'm currently exploring Neurofeedback remotely with a clinician and on my own, I'd like to share, get help and help others in this process, and I feel I'm lacking people in this context, since I can only talk to either the clinician or random people that post here.

Would you join a community and share your experience if it was closed for CPTSD/Developmental trauma cases?

I have many different experiences from many protocols and supporting and sharing can be life-changing for some of us. On the other way I'm lacking experience with some protocols and being able to learn from each-other will really help me, and hopefully others as well.

I have a close family member who is in the early stages of dementia.

Are there any neurofeedback modalities that have been shown to arrest or delay the progression - or otherwise improve the daily lives of individuals with this condition? Would HEG help? LENS? EEGer, sLORETA approaches... ?

I've purchased a Vielight Gamma PBM system which may speed up the clearance of plaques and tangles (not neurofeedback, I know), but beyond that I'm uncertain of other devices or neurofeedback approaches (I'm considering the "Interactive Metronome" which could be considered biofeedback but is again not neurofeedback).

Any suggestions would be very appreciated - thanks!

Would Neurofeedback help in aiding/reducing against sleep paralysis? Anyone got any experienc with this?

Has anyone tried the Fisher Wallace at home neurofeedback device?

I'm doing it right now for the first time. I've been trained in clinical NFB for PTSD and saw great results for participants in our studies. I'm hoping it'll help me cut down on alcohol.

I do both and on the daily they do seem to cure my anhedonia temporarily

Hey guys!!! If anyone is looking for therapy, my name is Gabrielle and I’m a counselor in the Birmingham area who is currently accepting clients! I know a lot of places are full or have a waitlist right now but I’m available for counseling and/or neurofeedback.

The practice I’m with is called Full Well Counseling and Neurofeedback in Hoover and it’s pretty cool because neurofeedback is actually brain training where we hook you up to a computer and help the brain to get more efficient in certain areas. We target certain areas in the brain after doing a qEEG brain map to see which parts might be overactive or underactive. These inefficiencies are correlated to symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, etc. so it’s quite amazing to know there is non-invasive and easy training to help with this.

If you have any questions let me know :)

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For reference, I have pure O sensorimotor OCD, I noticed on my first training session I had significant improvement, however, I didn't notice remote consistency especially on the subsequent sessions. Currently, I'm debating on what my plan will be in the next few weeks since now I'm medicated and I want to get off the medication at some given point in time.

For anyone who's succeeded in complete remission of their OCD or near so, what type of neurofeedback did your provider implement, and what specific sites were targeted?

Thanks

Hey everyone! I was diagnosed with autism/ADHD last August, and have been dealing with some mental health issues since that have forced me to drop of out college temporarily. I’m about to go into an intensive outpatient therapy program to help with my new panic disorder/depression, but my parents just spoke to an autism-focused therapist who recommended neurofeedback therapy.

I don’t know terribly much about it, but has anyone here had experience with it? CBT does nothing for me, and I’ve been pretty treatment resistant when it comes to antidepressants and anxiety medications. Have you found it to be a useful alternative to traditional therapy? Thanks!! :)

I called an office for a new psychiatrist and was told they offer this. It sounds like pseudo-science based on what I was told by them and have seen googling for myself.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Did it help?

Does anyone have any experience with neurofeedback and depersonalization? Is it a good tool to treat it? Am feeling out of my body and emotions. Have done 5 sessions so far. The anxiety has certainly lessened. But the depersonalization/disassociation still very present. Thank you

So after reading The Body Keeps the Score, I looked into neurofeedback for my cptsd in particular because I kept having awful panic attacks 1-2 times a month that seemed to get triggered by both huge triggers and the smallest things. Other than those panic attacks, I was doing pretty manageable overall just trying to put into practice things I learned from CBT and DBT worksheets from years of gradual improvements, and a Mindfulness therapist's help in the summer.

But still the panic attacks would hit unpredictably at least monthly and get so severe my coping mechanisms were rarely working, it was lucky when I got through an attack safe from myself. I used to have panic attacks 5+ times a day back in college so its gotten eons better, but the times they did happen still were horrific and unpredictable since it could be anything from my car breaking/someone screaming at me to something completely mundane and normally manageable to me like doing paperwork/spilling water on the counter. I couldn't figure out what was going to help them so I figured I'd try neurofeedback.

I've done about 2 months of it now and probably have 10-15 more sessions to go. The first session they did a brain mapping and I found that pretty useful, even if I hadn't kept going. They could tell I had past trauma from it and from roughly what ages I was still holding onto stress, where the stress was being held onto (mine was being held onto in the same region of the brain that affects the vagus nerve/gut which is not surprising as I've had awful stomach issues for years), they could tell I had some similarities to people with adhd so I probably have some of those traits (which is true), they could tell I was predisposed to anxiety. While I originally planned to go for panic attacks, my stomach had got so bad I ended up asking her if neurofeedback could do Anything for the stomach pain lol.

She ended up doing a vagus nerve reset protocol on me and that's my treatment each session (there's different ones). Within 1 session my intense 10/10 nonstop stomach pain at the time decreased to a 5/10 (which helped me since I'd gone to the ER twice that month due to how extreme the pain was). Since then I've had maybe 10 sessions and pain was the first longer-term improvement between sessions, followed by a major drop in anxiety/panic attacks. I am not sure if I responded so quickly, with my anxiety/panic symptoms dropping, because the treatment she did for me worked best for me or what. But si

And ended up just buying a system it’s so frustrating because nothing about it “lasts” and they know that it’s just like getting back a taste of focus and then it’s gone….anyone else doing it?

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