help training extreme sensitivity

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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

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