Posted by uncouth on March 1, 2012, at 19:14:04
In reply to Re: Depression Is Linked to Hyperconnectivity, posted by linkadge on March 1, 2012, at 17:07:53
this is very interesting, i go to neurofeedback and believe it has helped, we are using z-score training which is actually designed to normalize parts of the brain that are statistically "out of line" compared to a database of normal brains.
i haven't read the linked article yet, but i would advise anyone interested in this stuff to check out the pRoshi brain stimulator. My neurofeedback practitioner started me on it, and i eventually bought a unit from her and use it myself. I used it for an hour a day when I was coming off of a PEA addiction, and it really helped. It's a light stimulator you wear like glasses, but the pattern it uses is a pseudorandom (actually very "chaotic") pattern that the brain can't "follow"...the theory is that the brain settles into a deeply meditative state where it self repairs...the "stuck" areas are decohered. which might be a long the lines of this study.
in any event, it may be working for me, but it's not a quick fix. i now use it a few times a week for 20-30 minutes. its expensive though, $1800, but maybe if you use it every day for a year, it will work on your brain. some people have reported amazing results in traumatic brain injury, which is the application it was originally developed for.
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