Guest guest Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Pete: I am treating a 15 yo boy whose complaints are depression and frequent outburts of rage. He has the usual downward slope and high temporals but what puzzles me is this: He exhibits exceptionally high amplitudes of 11 Hz--like 35 to 40 mV EC, along the cingular gyrus but blocks down to the same as the other nearby frequencies EO. This is highest at Oz and Parietals and lower in the front. At P3-P4 where the other freq. bands are hovering around 7-10 mV,, his EC left and right are peaking at 33 to 38 mV. What do you think is going on here? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Jim, We've talked a lot about slow alpha, but there is also fast alpha. What you are describing is an alpha pattern (higher in the back, higher with eyes closed) in the low beta band. That would be consistent with the very fast activity and would be very irritating (in the sense of making an irritable brain). You might try training the alpha percent, which I believe is implemented on the Infiniti in Francois' designs, but define the alpha at something like 9-11. Or you could train 8-11 Hz up and 12-15 Hz down with eyes close in the parietals. Any of the training to reduce excess fast activity should help though. Pete > > > Date: 2006/08/25 Fri PM 07:59:46 EDT > To: <braintrainer > > Subject: RE: Puzzler > > Pete: > I am treating a 15 yo boy whose complaints are depression and frequent > outburts of rage. He has the usual downward slope and high temporals but > what puzzles me is this: He exhibits exceptionally high amplitudes of 11 > Hz--like 35 to 40 mV EC, along the cingular gyrus but blocks down to the > same as the other nearby frequencies EO. This is highest at Oz and > Parietals and lower in the front. At P3-P4 where the other freq. bands are > hovering around 7-10 mV,, his EC left and right are peaking at 33 to 38 mV. > > What do you think is going on here? > Jim > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 what is fast and slow alpha? Are you speaking of bigger and smaller amps? Or a difference ? A ratio ? RE: Puzzler >> >> Pete: >> I am treating a 15 yo boy whose complaints are depression and frequent >> outburts of rage. He has the usual downward slope and high temporals but >> what puzzles me is this: He exhibits exceptionally high amplitudes of 11 >> Hz--like 35 to 40 mV EC, along the cingular gyrus but blocks down to the >> same as the other nearby frequencies EO. This is highest at Oz and >> Parietals and lower in the front. At P3-P4 where the other freq. bands are >> hovering around 7-10 mV,, his EC left and right are peaking at 33 to 38 mV. >> >> What do you think is going on here? >> Jim >> >> >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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