Today is the anniversary of my anniversary. It made doing the SMIRB portion of my gamma brainwave biofeedback real easy. My pen flew along, although I did press it rather hard, which I didn't realize until I saw my never-seen-it-that-high-before muscle tension number. Whoa. Jerk. That's all I’ll say about him. Jerk. I know, I…
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LORETA Neurofeedback Week Four
The ADD Centre folks are great. You have a problem with the training, and they immediately go hmmm, tweak the settings, and have a new protocol ready for you for the next session. This week, they removed the mood network from my LORETA neurofeedback training. In one way, that would make it easier as I…
Neurofeedback and Triggers
What gamma giveth, LORETA taketh. I doubt this would happen if I didn't have PTSD and the bad memories weren't pouring out like a faucet stuck in the open position as LORETA improves my memory thus inadvertently countering the happy gamma effects. It probably didn't help that in the PZ-O1 position, the what-I-call happy gamma…
LORETA Neurofeedback: Week Three
I've now completed three sessions of LORETA neurofeedback, and I'm more tired than old toast. But so far, I have been seeing improvements since after session one. Apparently, this is not usual. It hasn't been usual for me to see improvements after the first session of a brain biofeedback-type treatment either. My theory for this…
New Brain Biofeedback Regimen
The biggest complaint people have about LORETA neurofeedback is they’re tired afterwards, my trainer told me. I stared at her. I hadn’t noticed anything different. But then since I’m always tired, I probably wouldn’t have. And, anyway, if you’re working your somnolent brain, it’s bound to be tired. My cockiness got a real whooping after…
LORETA Neurofeedback: Day One
LORETA: low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography So. I survived my first LORETA neurofeedback session. In some ways, it was familiar. Familiar office where I go for my assessments at the ADD Centre. Familiar start with HRV (heart rate variability) training. Familiar scrubbing of earlobes. But the 19-point EEG cap didn’t feel the same because she…
Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback: A Step Back
It’s been a bit of a tough week. I returned to my medical routine, and my brain biofeedback was changed up. As I wrote earlier, we’d added transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the mix. Well. Even though I felt nothing at the time, except tingling on my scalp, the morning after the two sessions,…
Concussion Connection to Heart Seen in Research Testing
Twitter is great. It feeds me all sorts of new, sometimes even relevant scientific or medical news. Concussion Testing Method Diagnoses Traumatic Brain Injury with Heart Rate …: A new concussion testing … bit.ly/ZuXUr1 #tbi — Mark Palmer (@Realistichope) March 20, 2013 Concussion Testing Method Diagnoses Traumatic Brain Injury with Heart Rate, Blood Pressure bit.ly/YUNO2D…
Progress Report Time for Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback
I’ve had a few reassessments. First, you do the IVA test, then after a rest, the TOVA test, then after another rest, the three-minute EEG assessment with the electrode in the CZ position (on the top of your head between the ears). But I’ve never done them like this before, with my brain deciding to…