Guest guest Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I had an interesting day on Friday. First up was a woman of about 50 who dropped into the clinic unannounced and asked if she could see me for a minute or two. She was someone whom I had seen last year for neurofeedback and had driven for an hour hoping to see me. Fighting back the tears she told me that what she needed to say just couldn't be said over the telephone, then proceeded to thank me profusely for "changing her life". This woman first came to the clinic with anxiety, depression, insomnia, anger problems, epilepsy, etc. We did 29 neurofeedback sessions, during which time she was completely weaned from her anticonvulsant medication. On Friday she informed me that has now been symptom-free and medication-free for several months. She then offered her services to basically go anyway, do anything, speak to anyone if it helped promote the work I do here. So cool ... obviously a very satisfied client. 2. Fast forward to the afternoon when the mother of an 9 y.o. boy with epilepsy had returned from an appointment with her neurologist. I had given her a copy of Sterman's (2000) meta-analysis of the neurofeedback epilepsy research to be handed on to the neurologist. The mother reported that the neurologist, who has a worldwide reputation, wouldn't even look at the article and refused to take it from her, telling her that neurofeedback had no scientific backing. Such a stark contrast, but a good reminder that the person with an experience is never at the mercy of someone with an argument and that there is none so blind as those who refuse to see. Mark Darling Sunshine Coast, Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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