Neurofeedback Versus Drugs for Mental Health
I'm doing neurofeedback to recover from withdrawal symptoms from the antidepressants that I took after my divorce. You can read my story, “The Guinea Pig's Report,” at http://siderealobserver.wordpress.com. The pharmaceutical industry tells us they're working on better psychiatric drugs for the future. In the present, I think neurofeedback is much safer and more effective than drugs.
Linda Fugate, Ph.D.
References:
1. “The History and Current State of Antidepressant Clinical Trial Design: A Call to Action for Proof-of-Concept Studies”, A. Gelenberg et al., J. Clin. Psychiatry 69:10, October 2008, pp. 1513 - 1528.
2. Getting Started with Neurofeedback, John N. Demos, Norton, 2005.
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How is the neurofeedback working? I've heard that there can be great results.
It's working great! My EEG signal in the delta and theta bands is way down from where I started, and now I don't feel so dizzy, like I'm passing out.
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