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I have Asburger's, after 29 years I found a "fix"
by Beldan4, May 16, 2009 04:04PM
Well this is for questions, I guess mine is more of a comment, mostly cuase I see all sorts of people here looking for help or hope. I'm 30 years old, and have asburgers (which sadly wasn't digonised for a LONG time), I am also digonised with ADD, OCD, and Depression (although some of things things might not apply anymore).
Anyway (gotta keep reminding myself to stay on topic) about a year and a half ago I was introduced by my parents to somthing called Neurofeedback, and since then ive made Dramatic improvments. Mostly in the ADD, and OCD, but also in the depression. Growing up my most favorite Phrase was "i don't care", now i go months without uttering the phrase at all. Also social it has helped (sort of) learning social behavior is supposed to happen at a certain age ive learned, well im long past that. I defeinetly feel I have a real capacity to improve in this area now, but im past the optimal time for when I should have learned it. Still its amazing how great it still feels to FEEL the way im supposed to. Also one of the best parts I think about this is that im totaly off all my meds, I can live my life without the prepeual fear of "freaking out" or "shutting down". My mind is no longer a total battlefield for basic stability.
Neurofeedback is like biofeedback only it works with your head instead of the rest of your body. In short each area of the head has diffrent "jobs" that its best at. Your head is tested for the electrical and wave comuication between the various points on the head. Then mild stiumlation is applyed to each area(s) in order to correct the "problem" area's. Its like getting your own perfect perscritption, a drug that will give you all of the benifit without any of the side effects. The brain natrualy wants to get better, and as time progresses it learns to HOLD the new patters, so this isn't a life long thing. For those that might have asburgers and be scared of "loseing" parts of themself I can gureentee this doesn't happen I still think like someone with Asburgers but I now have a greater capacity to relate to things that I stood around going ?hunh? too.
The bad news. This is new, the medical comuinty doesn't reoncinse it, there's no limits on the tecnoigly (though most honest supplyers won't sell to everyone off the street) there's also no limits on the education needed to operate it either, so you need to be sure you find someone who absoulutly knows what their doing, (which is rare the guy i see in Spokane, WA is the only guy in short of any other major city that practices it). Worse, since its new, and its hard to test (you can't placebo effects like this, people become attuned and KNOW when its working or not) insurance companys won't cover it directly. Lastly I was born "broken" I am / was totaly oblivious to what "normal" was, i lived pepeutaly with a stressed out brain. Good treatment is slow treatment (at least for people that have developed into adulthood, you can probabaly get away with a lot more with kids) rush too fast and you as a person won't be able to keep up with the improvments your brain will make (I freaked out and back slided a number of times) doesn't feel nice to have your "comfort zone" unexpectedly moved and you don't know where it went. People that started out good then had disruptions (head injury, stroke, chemical depenancy (alcholol)) tend to make more rapid recoverys becuase both they and their brain despreatly want to return to "normalacy".
www.neurotherapynw.com is the website of the guy I see, he's really well learned and met some of the core developers of the thearpy so he should be able to refer you to someone who knows what their doing in your area if your intrested.
Anyway (gotta keep reminding myself to stay on topic) about a year and a half ago I was introduced by my parents to somthing called Neurofeedback, and since then ive made Dramatic improvments. Mostly in the ADD, and OCD, but also in the depression. Growing up my most favorite Phrase was "i don't care", now i go months without uttering the phrase at all. Also social it has helped (sort of) learning social behavior is supposed to happen at a certain age ive learned, well im long past that. I defeinetly feel I have a real capacity to improve in this area now, but im past the optimal time for when I should have learned it. Still its amazing how great it still feels to FEEL the way im supposed to. Also one of the best parts I think about this is that im totaly off all my meds, I can live my life without the prepeual fear of "freaking out" or "shutting down". My mind is no longer a total battlefield for basic stability.
Neurofeedback is like biofeedback only it works with your head instead of the rest of your body. In short each area of the head has diffrent "jobs" that its best at. Your head is tested for the electrical and wave comuication between the various points on the head. Then mild stiumlation is applyed to each area(s) in order to correct the "problem" area's. Its like getting your own perfect perscritption, a drug that will give you all of the benifit without any of the side effects. The brain natrualy wants to get better, and as time progresses it learns to HOLD the new patters, so this isn't a life long thing. For those that might have asburgers and be scared of "loseing" parts of themself I can gureentee this doesn't happen I still think like someone with Asburgers but I now have a greater capacity to relate to things that I stood around going ?hunh? too.
The bad news. This is new, the medical comuinty doesn't reoncinse it, there's no limits on the tecnoigly (though most honest supplyers won't sell to everyone off the street) there's also no limits on the education needed to operate it either, so you need to be sure you find someone who absoulutly knows what their doing, (which is rare the guy i see in Spokane, WA is the only guy in short of any other major city that practices it). Worse, since its new, and its hard to test (you can't placebo effects like this, people become attuned and KNOW when its working or not) insurance companys won't cover it directly. Lastly I was born "broken" I am / was totaly oblivious to what "normal" was, i lived pepeutaly with a stressed out brain. Good treatment is slow treatment (at least for people that have developed into adulthood, you can probabaly get away with a lot more with kids) rush too fast and you as a person won't be able to keep up with the improvments your brain will make (I freaked out and back slided a number of times) doesn't feel nice to have your "comfort zone" unexpectedly moved and you don't know where it went. People that started out good then had disruptions (head injury, stroke, chemical depenancy (alcholol)) tend to make more rapid recoverys becuase both they and their brain despreatly want to return to "normalacy".
www.neurotherapynw.com is the website of the guy I see, he's really well learned and met some of the core developers of the thearpy so he should be able to refer you to someone who knows what their doing in your area if your intrested.
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Not sure if its benefit is for all those with aspergers, however, would be willing to give it a shot. Maybe everyone should try it.. Aspergers or not. I have to be honest.. and where would I be today if I was not honest.. but.. I embrace my aspergers.
The only normal people are the ones you dont know very well.
Einstein's brain.. was stressed.. where .. Oh brother where.. would we be without those kinds of thoughts that come from a stressed brain.
Then again.. peace.. is nice. When you can get it. Nice post.. many different sides.
Then again.. Caeser never saw Brutus coming for the Olive branch was in the way.