Neurofeedback/neuromodulation to increase alpha speed/low-mid beta, reduce excessive delta/theta (divergence neuro)

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I know if I do this (with nathan brown) it could be the single most important thing that could help my emotional/mental state, and in fact I did get a grant for this. Something is off with my brainwaves (a lot of ADHD/trauma) and I know there may be creative ways to fix it (nathan brown is said to be able to fix up “really fucked up brains”). I don’t know if they have collected reliable enough statistics to say this, but it’s at least more worth a shot than other things.

[I know b/c I recently suffered a massive life-defining traumatic accident and went through a lot…] I almost never physically get sick (at least not for the past 12+ years), but emotionally things are different

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My main issues are excess daydreaming/excess default mode noise/rumination/excess slow waves that drown my ability to be calm and do anything significant.

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Consider some readily accessible tools|technologies.

HRV training

At least two threads have discussion about HRV training.

5 minutes a day using something like the HeartMath device just helps.

Cranio-Electro Stimulation (CES)

A non-invasive brain stimulation that applies a small pulsed electric current across a person’s head. This small electrical stimulus applied laterally across the cranium stimulates endorphins, serotonin, and norepinephrine neurotransmitter production.

I’ve also used the Mind Alive CES device.

It enables one to “play” various waves (e.g., alpha, beta, delta, gamma). One’s brain then responds by aligning with the specific wave - a bit like tuning a guitar.

You can special order the device to support gamma waves by submitting a letter that you belong to a group (such as this forum) that conducts research.

I really liked this device. Lent it to a former colleague who apparently liked it so much they never returned it ;-(

PEMF

A few threads include discussion about Pulsed Electro Magnetic Frequency use.
I’ve used and continue to use PEMF technology for some 15 years.

If you search the forums (or me) you’ll find a number of discussions on PEMF.
Joseph_Lavelle interviewed Robert Dennis on the subject.

Not certain we need another one.

Also see Robert Dennis’s work and devices at Micro Pulse.

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I am also increasingly very interested in this topic. I think previous MS relapses have (to use you’re flowery language :slight_smile: ) really F*cked my brain.

I’m trying to raise my HRV, which is known to be suppressed in people with MS.

I think there is an interesting link in the immune-brain-heart axis.

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Wave Neuro - Brainwave Recording Locations. This could be as much as $10k but this is doable. TMS guided NF might be more feasible than just neurofeedback

There are booths at the NYC neuromodulation conference right now. Lots of tES (though it’s not superintuitive which frequencies applied to which regions work best - eg one poster showed negative effects of gamma-stimulation to PFC in HEALTHY individuals [though I don’t quite count as “healthy”])

Park avenue neurology was a clinic that was suggested for off label

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keep in mind a lot of people who TMS for depression do relapse after TMS stops even when the treatments are initially helpful

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auditory alpha-wave entrainment

there was a poster on frontal mid-line theta

a new conference: · General Information - 32nd Annual ISNR Conference 2024

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intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) said to be more effective in less time hmm

intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS)