Hey all, so this is really going out of my comfort zone. This is my first post here, and I’ve actually known of this forum for a long time now. I just thought it was time to finally say something. A little background… I’ve suffered from this nightmarish disorder for many years now, and mental illness in general my whole life, from the time I was born actually. I’m 24 now. A few months ago I got referred by a more holistic psychologist to another psychologist who specializes in neurofeedback, because she felt that he was more qualified to help me and whatnot. So I’ve been receiving neurofeedback for a few months now. I wanna say I started in November of 2016? I’m not entirely sure, my memory’s still pretty bad. But yeah, a few months for sure. I’ve done 19 sessions of it so far and I’m doing incredibly better. My memory has improved, my thinking is so much clearer, and overall I feel much better. I am still struggling with auditory hallucinations. I have them frequently, and it’s something I don’t even really talk about to my psychologist (even though I know I should), because the voices are part of… something big and elaborate that refuses to let go, I’ll just say that much and not go into any more detail. I only had one relapse that I can think of, and that was yesterday, though something tells me I had more previously.
Basically, neurofeedback is when your brain signals are taken by this machine they hook you up to, and mirrored back to your brain, so that it can look at the signals, detect the defects, and fix them all on its own. My psychologist likened the whole process to a person looking in the mirror and fixing their hair. You see what’s out of place, because it’s reflected back to you, and you correct it, just like how your brain corrects itself in neurofeedback. I’m not sure if anyone here has ever heard of it, or gone so far as to even try it, but the success rates are very impressive. I wonder if any of you has ever tried it and had any success with it? I highly encourage anyone to at least look into it as an alternative route to recovery. The only downside to it is that it’s really expensive without insurance. Mine unfortunately doesn’t cover it, so I pay out of pocket. $150 per session, but it’s so worth it. Best of luck to everyone out there. I just wanted to offer something that I’m not sure many even know about, because for me it is working, very gradually, and I came from a place that cannot even be described in words, and I know that’s where many of you currently are.