| Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit | | | | and comforting when someone is gently touching their |
| Hyperactivity Disorder have quite a track record. | | | | head and scalp. |
| Millions of young people and adults alike know the | | | | Why would someone need to touch your head? Very |
| frustration and anguish that can go hand in hand with | | | | thin leads that conduct and transmit the electrical |
| having ADD or ADHD. Many are becoming increasingly | | | | energy from your brain will be placed in various |
| frustrated as they search for solutions that do not | | | | locations on your scalp. A special gel is used to |
| involve heavy medications with unknown long-term | | | | comfortably hold the leads in place. Many therapists will |
| side effects. | | | | warm the gel before touching it to your skin. After the |
| Happily, neurofeedback, or 'biofeedback for the brain', | | | | leads are attached, your brain waves will be picked up |
| has a track record of its own; several studies have | | | | and translated into something you can see on a |
| found that eight out of ten, or eighty percent, of those | | | | computer screen, hear as some kind of sound, or feel |
| with ADD/ADHD who are treated with biofeedback | | | | through a vibration. |
| for the brain are able to leave the aggravating | | | | You will then use your brain waves to do activities |
| symptoms behind for the long haul with just thirty to | | | | such as make an object on the screen move, play a |
| forty sessions in most cases. Not only that, but many | | | | DVD, or cause a sound to become louder or softer |
| participants in these studies also experienced a | | | | when your brain is sending the right signals. Your |
| significant increase in IQ. | | | | therapist can help you learn to access the desired |
| For the person who has suffered with ADD/ADHD for | | | | brain waves to accomplish this. Your brain perceives |
| years, can you imagine how exciting it would be for | | | | these activities as a reward, and after several |
| them to wake up and experience each day as they | | | | sessions, it may naturally fall into these wavelengths. |
| had always suspected others around them did, but | | | | Once the use of these patterns has become habitual, |
| because of the way their brain was functioning, those | | | | you may notice a decrease in ADD and ADHD |
| days had always been just beyond their reach? | | | | symptoms, until they are finally erased completely and |
| What is a neurofeedback session like? If you have | | | | are nothing but a memory. |
| ever found having a barber or beautician combing your | | | | In my practice, I have watched the self-esteem of |
| hair or brushing your scalp to be a relaxing experience, | | | | many ADD/ADHD patients blossom with the |
| then you have some idea of how preparation for a | | | | realization that the way they had lived before will now |
| neurofeedback session feels. Your scalp is rich with | | | | be a thing of the past because of this wonderful and |
| nerve endings, and most people find it very soothing | | | | life-changing technology. |