Re: help training extreme sensitivity

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Kerry,A client who needs to speed up her brain but doesn't want to lose her clairvoyant activities sounds like an accident waiting to happen.  She wants to be sensitive to certain things but not to others.  I wouldn't undertake to tell her that I could do that.

I'd probably stay away from SMR with a person with chronic pain:  it makes you more connected to your body, which may not be a good thing in her case.To deal with the issues you describe, she needs to get out of her head: a squash across the front can often be helpful with something like that.  But what that will do to her extra-normal capabilities I can't say.

Pete-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.com

USA 678 224 5895BR 47 3346 6235The Learning Curve, Inc.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Kerry Leahan <kerry.leahan@...> wrote:

 

Dear Pete and colleagues,I have a lady who I'm struggling to find a way to train.She is extremely sensitive to noise and suffers from headaches at the slighest provocation.

Dx of Fibromyalgia and CFS.  Pain is a prominent issue for her.  denies depression, but has a flat affect and very slow in her movements and speech (intelligent woman possibly high average to superior).

No signifiant trauma Hx.   She works as a clairvoyant and has the expected high theta across the scalp,  most prominent in the frontal lobes. Alpha is also high frontally. 70-80% of her EEG is comprised of SWA in the 2-12Hz ranges frontally, with very high theta and alpha in the frontal midline (which does not attenuate with EO).

Temporals good.low occipital alpha 8.8 to 8.9Hz --> attenuates well with EO.C4SMR low ~ 8%.No left right reversals.SWA only marginally higher occipitally. 

She wants to reduce her sensitivity to noise, but not lose her clairvoyant abilities.I have been very tentative with this woman.In an attempt to find what protocol to use I initially did C3 beta reward training with OK results, she reported slightly more energy after the session, but felt a little giddy for some hours after.

The next session we did C4 SMR training to help stabilise her brain and to test the protocol- since that session she has had a headache and has been even more sensitive to noise.Not sure what to do next as I don't want to cause her any discomort.

do I train up occipital alpha frequency or suppress the very prominent (35%) high frontal midline theta? Any ideas about training extreme sensitivities?  I would appreciate you comments,

Kerry     -- -----------------------------------------Dr Kerry LeahanClinical PsychologistUnit 4 House

11 McKay Gardens  ACT  2612p: (Catriona at reception)  0011 + 61 + 2  (02) 6247 5710m: 0419 281 698f: (02) 6247 5599w: mindmastery@...  w: www.canberrapsych.com.au

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Hello Pete,Thank you for that. I see her today and I will see how she goes.  Kerry   On 19 June 2012 05:58, pvdtlc <pvdtlc@...> wrote:

 

Kerry,A client who needs to speed up her brain but doesn't want to lose her clairvoyant activities sounds like an accident waiting to happen.  She wants to be sensitive to certain things but not to others.  I wouldn't undertake to tell her that I could do that.

I'd probably stay away from SMR with a person with chronic pain:  it makes you more connected to your body, which may not be a good thing in her case.To deal with the issues you describe, she needs to get out of her head: a squash across the front can often be helpful with something like that.  But what that will do to her extra-normal capabilities I can't say.

Pete-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.com

USA 678 224 5895BR 47 3346 6235The Learning Curve, Inc.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Kerry Leahan <kerry.leahan@...> wrote:

 

Dear Pete and colleagues,I have a lady who I'm struggling to find a way to train.She is extremely sensitive to noise and suffers from headaches at the slighest provocation.

Dx of Fibromyalgia and CFS.  Pain is a prominent issue for her.  denies depression, but has a flat affect and very slow in her movements and speech (intelligent woman possibly high average to superior).

No signifiant trauma Hx.   She works as a clairvoyant and has the expected high theta across the scalp,  most prominent in the frontal lobes. Alpha is also high frontally. 70-80% of her EEG is comprised of SWA in the 2-12Hz ranges frontally, with very high theta and alpha in the frontal midline (which does not attenuate with EO).

Temporals good.low occipital alpha 8.8 to 8.9Hz --> attenuates well with EO.C4SMR low ~ 8%.No left right reversals.SWA only marginally higher occipitally. 

She wants to reduce her sensitivity to noise, but not lose her clairvoyant abilities.I have been very tentative with this woman.In an attempt to find what protocol to use I initially did C3 beta reward training with OK results, she reported slightly more energy after the session, but felt a little giddy for some hours after.

The next session we did C4 SMR training to help stabilise her brain and to test the protocol- since that session she has had a headache and has been even more sensitive to noise.Not sure what to do next as I don't want to cause her any discomort.

do I train up occipital alpha frequency or suppress the very prominent (35%) high frontal midline theta? Any ideas about training extreme sensitivities?  I would appreciate you comments,

Kerry     -- -----------------------------------------Dr Kerry LeahanClinical PsychologistUnit 4 House

11 McKay Gardens  ACT  2612p: (Catriona at reception)  0011 + 61 + 2  (02) 6247 5710m: 0419 281 698

f: (02) 6247 5599w: mindmastery@...  w: www.canberrapsych.com.au

-- -----------------------------------------Dr Kerry LeahanClinical PsychologistUnit 4 House11 McKay Gardens  ACT  2612

p: (Catriona at reception)  0011 + 61 + 2  (02) 6247 5710m: 0419 281 698f: (02) 6247 5599w: mindmastery@...  w: www.canberrapsych.com.au