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Hi Joy.  Two of my children have done/ are doing neurofeedback as well with great results.  How's that going for your child?

With my son, we saw an almost immediate reduction in anxiety.  He was HIGHLY anxious anytime outside the house.  His OCD was thru the roof.  He lost anxiety within just a few sessions and his OCD is gone. 

For my daughter, she has a horrific terror of needles.  Probably many on here can relate... the type of terror that causes your eardrums to ache from the screaming, had to be bodily restrained... she actually got scared watching ME give blood.  She is not afraid of anything else, just needles.  That terror is reducing as we do neurofeedback.  She's also thinking more logically and able to convey what she means without going round and round in circles (conversationally)

Their therapist said ADHD kids get calmer and anxious kids lose their anxiety from neurofeedback.  I have seen that to be true here.

We have found our son to be a "tough nut to crack" with neurofeedback, although I have great faith in its power.  He has had some regression at school, in that he had been working independently and stopped for several weeks which caused his teacher much frustration.  This past week, however, he seems to be coming back up to speed.  The neuro practitioner submitted his qEEG to an Asperger specialist, who agreed that my son's brain was an enigma (of course!) and they had to move very slowly because of his sensitivity to neurofeedback.  Everyone agrees that the sensitivity is a good thing, because the worst case is someone who doesn't respond at all.  I'll keep reporting as changes occur.  Thanks for all your feedback, too.  If you want to give me some specifics, I'd really appreciate it.

Joy

Last edited by joyjoy (2007-12-24 18:10:24)

What is Neurofeedback?

My son is currently doing neurofeedback  through a study.   He has helped tremendously.  He has been "cleaned up" as someone mentioned above.  We have been doing biomed for 9 years now.  We have recently been able to start decreasing supplementation. 

His processing is better with neurofeedback.  He is now able to think before he acts!!!

One difference to aware of....neurofeedback through a study is not necessarily the same thing as through a private/pay program.  A private program can be fine tuned to meet the patients indivdual needs while the study is one size fits all.

Kathy

It is at UCSD and I heard about through a parent support group.  It is actually
the 2nd study they have done.  They are studying changes in the brain after neurofeedback.  My son had to have a brain scan prior to starting and will have another
when we are done.

Now that we are on "the list" at UCSD we have done 3 studies. One involving the attention span of the typical siblings and another  involving the ability to color in the lines of typical kids and asd kids.

Kathy

Very interesting. I have never heard of this.