Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Kathleen, I noticed there weren't any recommendations to treat the disconnections. Kirk Kathleen Mancini wrote: > > Does anyone on the list have experience treating Brain Injuries with > NFB? Anyone interested in learning more about using NFB to treat > Brain Injuries? > > I thought maybe my misfortune with Brain Injuries/ Car Accidents might > be a valuable learning example to anyone out there that is interested > in learning more about Brain Injuries and using NFB to treat them. > NFB is really the only treatment available to treat what they call > Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (there is really nothing mild about it, it > just means you're not in a coma and can speak; even if you're > functioning at a retarded level, it is still termed " Mild " ). I would > like to see more people with Brain Injuries being able to be > helped with NFB, so if anyone is interested in benefiting from > experience, here is my story: > > I had a Brain Injury from a car accident in 1995. It took four years > to get a diagnosis of Brain Injury (even though my speed of processing > was rated at 70 - the level of a retarded person) and I was told there > was nothing I could do about it. I found neurofeedback by accident > and got significant improvement as a result. Then in 2003, I was > rear-ended while stopped in traffic and everything got set off again. > I again got very good results using NFB and got my own neurofeedback > equipment. Then in July of 2006 I was rear-ended while stopped at a > red light. This time I am not getting very good results using NFB > (and my insurance company has refused to pay any of my medical bills, > so I am not able to get a lot of professional help experimenting with > different NFB protocols). > > The first accident was front/back injuries. The second was on the > left side (left head, left jaw, left neck & shoulder). This last was > on the right side (right head, right jaw, right neck & shoulder). > After the first two injuries I thought I understood brain injuries, > but this one is completely different. This accident seems like it > was the least severe of the three, and yet it seems to be having worse > effects. I don't know if it the difference between right and left > brain injuries, the cumulative effect of the injuries (maybe using the > right side to compensate for the left side injuries, and then having > the compensation side taken away), or the fact that I am older now > (49), but I'm having a very hard time recovering from this one. > > I am having almost constant migraine-level headaches (along with brain > involvement, there is also torn and displaced disks in the TMJ, and > digestive problems adding to the headaches). I've had extremely bad > depression (which I never had before) to the point of not wanting to > live anymore (I'm now taking SAM-e, a natural anti-depressant that is > helping) and am having difficulty getting anything at all done. > > Here is the results of a QEEG I had done recently. I haven't done any > of these recommendations yet, but am going to start this week. Please > let me know if anyone is interested in getting anymore info about this. > > (My goal when/as I recover from this latest accident is to start a > non-profit company called Transpire, with a mission to " Transform and > Inspire the Care and Treatment of Brain Injuries, TMJ, and > Fibromyalgia " - it's time that brain injury treatment in the most > technologically advanced country in the world came out of the dark ages). > > _Clinical Research Correlations:_ > 1. Possible Traumatic Brain Injury > a. Thatcher Traumatic Brain Injury Discriminant Analysis > and Severity Index: > Positive for a Traumatic Brain Injury at 80% level of > probability, likely of a mild level of severity as compared to > a sample of Veteran's Administration head trauma > rehab patients > (rating of 2.75 out of 10; mild is from 0 to 3.5) > b. Reduced Alpha > c. Significant frontal & posterior hypocoherence > d. *Significant* asymmetries > > 2. Possible Anxiety, irritability, moodiness, sleep disturbance, > alcohol/drug/CNS depressant use/abuse > a. Elevated Beta > b. Reduced Alpha > > 3. Possible Major Depressive Disorder, moodiness, irritability, negativity > a. Elevated central Theta & Beta > b. F3 - F4 hypocoherence > c. F7 Theta > > 4. Possible auditory processing deficits (T3/T5)/memory deficits > a. Elevated T3, T4, T5, T6 Theta & Beta > b. T5 - T6 hypocoherence > c. T3 - T4 hypercoherence > > 5. Possible reading and/or spelling underachievement/learning disabilities > a. Elevated T5, O1, O2 & P3 Theta & Beta > b. T5 - T6, O1 - O2 hypocoherence > > 6. Possible math/visual spatial processing deficits > a. Elevated parietal Theta & Beta > > Note: EMG is present at FP1 & F3 > > > _Neurotherapy recommendations:_ > 1. *Uptrain* Eyes Closed Alpha 8 - 12 hz, inhibit 0 - 7 & 13 - 32 hz > a. OZ *** > > 2. Downtrain Eyes Closed > a. OZ 0 - 7 hz > b. T5/P3 0 - 7 hz > c. T6/P4 0 - 7 hz > d. CPZ 0 - 7 hz > e. F7 3 - 7 hz > f. FZ 3 - 7 hz > g. Maintain a left lower than right frontal asymmetry F7 < > F8, C3 < C4 > > 3. Downtrain Eyes Closed 13 - 32 hz > a. F3/C3 * > b. OZ > c. T6/P4 * > d. CZ > e. FZ > f. T5/P3 > g. F4 * > h. Maintain a left greater than right frontal asymmetry F3 > > F4, C3 > C4 > > * Chose priorities and sequencing of interventions based on what is > creating the most distress for the patient. When you have achieved a > 15 - 20 % drop in baseline microvolts move to a new site. Sites with > asterisks may warrant a higher priority in training. > > (Hope I haven't taken up too much bandwidth for those of you not > interested in this topic) > > Kathleen > > > Kathleen Mancini > mancini@... > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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