I entirely disagree and recommend you try a full course of LENS before claiming that. It's far more advanced and less reliant on human training to make the right adjustments. It literally allows the brain to heal itself and the opportunity to self optimize. Completely different treatments; traditional neurofeedback is fine but just significantly less up to date and generally less effective and more reliant on the "work" or efforts of the patient. Important to have both sides represented because it can be dangerous to dismiss a lifesaving technology for no reason other than fear of the unknown.

Hi how are you doing? Did you try NFB? I'm wondering if it has helped you? This story gives me hope that things can change.

@@palart3546 it has! I did 16-weeks of the therapy and I do feel better. I bit pricey, but worth it ☺️

@@christinaibanez1988 thanks for your feedback. I will definitely look into this. 👍

@@christinaibanez1988 how many treatments per week did you have and may I ask what symptoms improved?

@@palart3546 I was luckily enough to be able to take home the entire setup - I did about 3 treatments a week. I had a calendar on my wall where I would mark my bad days, and it was bad, I would have 4 bad days in a row some weeks. Then there was 3 days in a row where I felt good. I wasnt feeling overwhelmed or exhausted. I wasn't yawning all the time. I just felt like I had control over my life back. It was pricey though, like thousands of dollars.

The signal itself is first of all very weak--several hundred times weaker than a cell phone. It is imperceptible, too weak to be aware of. The signal goes back to the brain using the following formula: dominant frequency + offset. The signal roughly mirrors what the brain itself is doing (dominant frequency), and, since the dominant frequency of the brain is constantly shifting, the signal going back to the brain it is constantly changing. The signal does not "train the brain", that is what standard neurofeedback does. We don't know all the physiologic process taking place in direct neurofeedback, but most immediately and most prominently effect is on the autonomic nervous system, one of the two main branches of the peripheral nervous system. The sympathetic branch ("fight or flight") diminishes while the parasympathetic branch ("rest, relax and recover") is enhanced. That seems to be the basis of secondary effects that can follow.. This is a simplified discussion, but direct neurofeedback is ultimately not neurofeedback. It is a micro stimulation but uses neurofeedback equipment to generate that micro stimulation..

Trust me, it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.

@@Jennasworld1876 how was it

The signal is the electrical map of your brain itself. It shows the brain a data mirror. We absolutely do not receive any similar signals of that content "all day long," let alone ever in our lives. LENS is extremely effective, I'd try it if you're curious. Relatedly, and in terms of research, many of us (patients) are hoping for further studies that can help promote and popularize an extremely important new technology. Fund LENS!

@@manicamber LENS is extremely effective for what conditions? It doesn’t seem like it will treat pancreatic cancer.

yesenia Gonzalez did you complete your treatment?

@@ChrisA-ze3hk I only had 16 sessions. Unfortunately because I had to return to work

yesenia Gonzalez thanks for the update. Did you notice changes?

@@ChrisA-ze3hk not really but 16 is not enough I believe they say up to 40 sessions

@@brownsugga1981 but did you try LENS Neurofeedback? Is's very different to other types of Neurofeedback...

I totally disagree please do not sway people from getting LENS. Are you a practitioner??

Ilir Cami I would do LENS! It’s amazing for TBI and you will see results months quicker!!

This is misinformation and presumably a misguided attempt to promote traditional neurofeedback. LENS is an EEG based technology (similar to traditional neurofeedback, in that sense) that allows your brain the data it needs to self-heal and self-correct. It's a passive protocol and generally proving to be far more effective than the more traditional (fully clinician/training reliant) attempts toward the same goals. If traditional neurofeedback is the brut force, human instrumentation of this process, than LENS is the medical version and more up to date.

The technology. is about to be released under the trade name "LifeStream". I am always happy to hear stories about how helpful it is. I gave up my career as an ER physician because I thought this was so important.

What’s oxi please? Where do you get that. N what’s 10% gamma 40hz how do you do that.

Should it be taken after or before the neurofeedback session? What about stimulant medication?

David Dubin what on earth are you talking about? What exactly are you defining as anxiety, and for that matter what are you defining as OCD without anxiety? Why do so many people seem to think they can get away with using the word 'anxiety' without ever pinning it down?