Neurofeedback

[karendt]

Has anyone tried neurofeedback for ADHD? Results?

[HCTW]

Just started neurotherapy with our son (10) last week. Hopeful. Tired of the med merry-go-round and minimal results with side effects. Results seem mixed on this site and others.

[Melissanmylittleman in reply to HCTW]

I’m sorry what is that neurotherepy? How do I get it for my son?

[HCTW in reply to Melissanmylittleman]

The basic process is a QEEG to establish brain activity and any irregular patterns or periods of slow or fast waves. Then, for the therapy, the person watches a video and while watching the picture and sound fade when the irregular patterns hit and as the brain corrects, picture and sound come back. Thought is eventually the brain is trained to regulate the irregular patterns better so they cause less issues. If it works as planned, the Neurotherapy does what the meds would do by training the brain versus medicating the brain. It is time consuming (~40 sessions 45 minutes each) and is expensive at the rate of a normal psychologist or psychiatrist visit, maybe more for each session. Follow up QEEG during and after therapy confirm progress, if any, with data and hopefully behavior is noticeable. We’re just figuring this stuff out so please do your own research and share. We can all learn. Google Neurotherapy, neurofeedback, and QEEG and you should find more details. Hope this helps and starts to answer your question.

[Hidden in reply to HCTW]

Hope it works for your son. I'd be interested to know how he does. Unfortunately didn't for mine. Mine was 7 at time. Best wishes.

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We tried it when my son was in the second grade. We wanted to try other options before meds. We paid for the first 20 sessions. if there was no noticeable results the next 20 sessions were free. We ended up doing 38 sessions but then stopped because he seemed to be more aggressive and impulsive. lucky for us the first meds we tried worked and he is doing well now. My son is in the 7th grade. Still has struggles and has done some therapy in the past but is doing well now as he is maturing. Best of luck to you.

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Yes! I run neurofeedbak sessions and do QEEG in Bethesda, MD. It takes a commitment for it to really work for ADHD (sometimes up to 40 or even 50 sessions), but it can have long term benefits and doesn't have the same terrible side effects that stimulant medications can have on a person's health.