Posted by Cairo on April 14, 2004, at 16:15:06
In reply to Larry, Ron, jrbecker, posted by McPac on April 8, 2003, at 16:24:42
I tried fifty sessions of neurofeedback with little effect. I have atypical depression and Fibromyalgia with lots of fatigue, so I'm kind of waiting for CRH potentiators to come along as I do not do well on SSRIs, and Neurontin and TCAs only have minimal effect. What I really need is 6 months away from everything! Don't we wish.
Cairo
> I scanned the long 22-page study and was already aware of Hans Selye's ideas. Larry asked, "So what can we do about that?"
> Have any of you read about and tried Skilled Relaxation Therapy? I'm not just talking about passively listening to a tape with seagulls and the ocean in the background but rather "skilled relaxation" (can be many forms but the desired effect is to reach certain theta, even delta, states which releases the built up stress in the hippocampus). Herbert Benson's book "The Relaxation Response" is about this very process. It's not only for short-term effect but for long-term as well. The ancient Chinese practiced this 1,000's of years ago (meditation). The key is to achieve the lowered brainwave states. I could go on and on, just wondering if any of you have tried it?
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