Re: alleged “alternatives” for ADHD

[Anonymous]

Hi Bam,

I’m currently approaching my AD/HD with alternative solutions. My experience with the medical community has not been good & I have suffered many years while I waited for the doctors to figure things out. Since I started looking into & actually trying the alternatives, I started to resolve some of my issues. Since I am just starting my alternative treatments for AD/HD, I have no result to talk about so I will talk about past experience with other things.

Migraine headaches:

I suffered for over 25 years with intense headaches for about a quarter of the time. 4 years ago I was cured at the Ontario Migraine Clinic using acupuncture & breathing excercises. My mother went with me for these treatments & had the same result & others who we talked to taking the treatment had the same result.

Lactose intolerance:

Another long term problem for me that the doctors had no clue about. Imagine cramps similar to kidney stones every time you drink something with milk or lactose. Adding the Lactase enzyme every time I eat prevents the effects that milk has on my system. Yes, a homeopathic made this suggestion.

My research on neurofeedback suggests that many people have tried & succeeded with it. A good read on the subject is A symphony in the Brain by Jim Robbins. Biofeedback has a very long history & many who have tried it claim that it works for many problems including ADHD, Autism & even cronic pain. Most of the negative comments that I found were from people who never even looked at a machine. The testimonials that I have seen suggest that it does work. I asked myself why don’t these people who have success post on sites like this? Maybe because the only ones on these sites are the ones who are still looking for their cure. I know that I no longer surf migraine sites because I have no need for it. I left my testimonial that it worked for me & I am done. A person who was cured of ADHD would most likely not bother with these forums.

The basic theory is that the brain emits electronic signals & that ADHD brains operate at lower frequencies in certain areas of the brain. When you are hooked up, you can monitor certain areas & the frequency changes based on what you think about. So far I have been hooked up once & I could clearly see how the frequency changes depending on what I was thinking about & I was able to see that the area we were monitoring was operating at 8-12 HTZ. By sustaining my frequency in the higher range, closer to 15 HTZ, it will train my brain to operate at this level for longer periods of time & the brain is supposed to build new neuropathways.

Nutrition is another approach that many people have taken. The basic concept is that there are certain “building blocks” missing from our diet & that by feeding ourselves all of the proper vitamins & minerals, our brain will have everything it needs to build new neuropathways & produce the necessary chemicals.

I have taken a combined approach & added all of the proper nutrients to my diet but I don’t believe that diet alone will fix things. I am adding the biofeedback so that my brain operates at those frequencies in the areas where I want to build new neuropathways.

I’m doing many other things as well including exercise, meditation & coaching, drinking lots of water.

I can tell you now that I feel better & I have tons of energy. My mood has improved. I’m sleeping better & I don’t feel tired after I wake up even though I am sleeping less hours.

So thats what I can tell you on the nutritional side. It has not improved my memory or fixed my focus issues. I have only had 1 session of the biofeedback so I will report back after 10 or 20 sessions to update you on that. 5 sessions of biofeedback is not enough.

One other thing that I will utilize in my testing is my will. It has been said that the success in biofeedback can be explained by the plecebo effect. If it is my will (or plecebo effect) that achieves the result that I am looking for, then bring on the plecebo effect. My brain is preparing to overcome it’s difficulties & it will build new neuropathways. Everything that I am doing will help to achieve that & I will succeed. Whether you think you can, or you think that you cannot, you are right.

I am a human guinea pig. Yes, there is a chance that I will not improve my memory from all of this. I will report my results either way. I do know that by doing nothing, no improvement will come. What do I have to lose? A few bucks maybe & some time but as far as I am concerned, the potential benefits far outweigh the risks & if it does work, I will have an improved memory. Ive spent thousands on computer memory so why not mine?

Oh, & if biofeedback doesn’t work, I’ll try ILS. Maybe I’ll do both.

I’ll update my progress in an ADHD month.

thx

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