I need help. I’m switching to Abilify injection at the end of this month. But I need neuro feed back as I have damaged processing from psychosis 4 years ago( I think it’s been 4 years) Anyway, I’ll probably have to wait a bit to find out if Abilify is alright. I don’t know how long but I need the neuro feedback pretty desperately. Its so bad this damage.
If some some one just starts talking to me my cognition is bad anyway and it will be hard. But depending on the information and the way it’s said to me. Only bits will register. Like say I’m at work and a resident tells me he’s going to go move his car but he may need to order parts but he locked his keys in the car and his wife is waiting out side his unit. Blah blah blah could I let her in at 5 o’clock. I will probably get just the where , when. 5 O’clock, something about the car I’ll know only just know what I should do. Not any of the stuff he said. Its like I’m brain dead with processing. I am walking brain dead. Tell me stuff and I won’t understand. Unless it’s. Garbled go to the store a buy me a chocolate bar. Understand?
So I need neurofeedback to try to fix this, but I need to get off invega as I hate it. I need to have sex too. Seriously. This is awful. No fun at all. And the mix between the damage and the invega injection. Is just disturbing. I’m not doing well.
So I’m in real trouble. I have been ever since my relapse.
Brain damage and invega. What a ■■■■ show
So has anybody done neurofeedback? This is my plan fist, abilify end of the month though
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I don’t even know if neuro feed back will work. But the internet says it has an 80% success rate and it helps damage even years after it has occured. And it helps damaged processing. Exactly my problem
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I think @Ninjastar has done it.
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Thank. I’ll try to message @ ninjastar
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They’ll hopefully comment on this thread when they come online.
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I was interested in it at one point, but have had several doctors tell me it’s a snake oil type treatment. It won’t hurt you, but it will empty your wallet with nothing to show for it.
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I am the biggest pro-neurofeedback person in the universe. It is expensive, which sucks. But I had remarkable success.
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I started it when I was 17. After about 5 years I bought my own machine, and it has been amazing. I use it for migraines, mostly, but it has taught me a lot.
As far as cognition, it doesn’t work directly on helping me focus. But it DOES help me with knowing how to regulate my body so I don’t get overwhelmed. I can manually shut down my panic responses and filter out the sensory input, and that makes it easier to focus.
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I have found mindfulness to be effective with migraines. Being aware of my stressors and reducing/eliminating them took migraines down from several times a week to maybe once or twice a month now, and they’re weather migraines these days.
The only thing that helped with cognition (for me) was pushing my brain to do things it didn’t want to do. Reading, problem-solving, math practice sheets, memory exercises, etc. (Those can cause migraines, btw - need to be careful about getting frustrated.)
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Neurofeedback is sort of like mindfulness for dummies. I had a lot of trouble with the abstract concept of “be mindful” but a lot of success with “wear this sensor that displays your neural activity. This part here is active due to you being angry. Do deep breathing and watch the activity level drop. This is you becoming less angry”
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And yes. After neurofeedback got me acquainted with the sensations of my body and how to guide them, this was the next step.
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I used neurofeedback against psychosis.
It had strong effects. It worked against psychosis superfast. And effectively. I was not on meds at the time and my fear and delusions disappeared. I did not use it for cognition, so don’t know about that.
Also: it had strong side effects. Similar to medication. The training he did with me, was very “numbing”. My thoughts and feelings fell quiet, which scared me. This lasted a long time, after just a few sessions. And scared me. Changing the program, immediately changed my feelings as well.
I personally quit and would not do it again. It had the effect I wished (antipsychotic), but I disliked the overall feeling of my thoughts and feelings “not being mine anymore”. It felt like my mind changed too much. And it was too unpredictable what the effects would be. Side note: I respond strongly to such things. Psychologist said my response was faster and stronger than average.
I have heard people with wonderful effects, and people with long-lasting side effects that freaked them out, both.
So…that’s my experience…
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Do you think that this method should have any effect on allowing my mind to process faster? I hear there are different types of neuro feedback some stronger than others.
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I don’t know how does that help damage. I guess I’m gonna find out. Lol Abilify here I come. Maybe I can start neuro feedback right away even while I switch
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I don’t know. I had the opposite problem. I was processing too much all at once and my body couldn’t keep up. I learned to slow my mind down to the point I could understand everything I was observing.
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Really sounds interesting. I’m gonna call right now. I need a coffee
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Can they do neurofeed back with verbal information. Somehow? My processing damage is mostly information processing verbally.
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Understanding complex fast coversation
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