Hypnosis??

[wonkabar04]

My grandfather suffered a stroke about 2 years ago, and we were wondering if hypnosis or hypnotherapy was a good option to treating his depression. He has recently become irrationally paranoid about silly things too. If hypnosis is a viable treatment,then we are looking for somebody certified in the nj/ny area, preferably someone who speaks russian. THank you.

[caregiver222]

I suggest you obtain a copy of "The Biology of Belief" by Bruce Lipton.

It is an eye-opening book.

It seems reasonable to believe hypnosis can help.

Sunlight exposure every day is also important. If this is not possible a D3 supplement.

[zilenna73]

As a wife of a 2 year stroke survivor your words and visualization ideas are very helpful...Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us...you thought you were responding "late" but for me your comments were right on time. Thanks!

[tpillay]

I know I'm really late here, but I'm posting my notes at least for others  since it came up in my google search.

These notes are based on
-my ideas
-a quick web search for articles/info that could at least pass my quality filters if not impress me.

Visualize healing the area with a personally resonant metaphor

Ask the body/that part
-what percent can heal daily
-what it needs to heal faster
-to remember former state (including related positive feelings, activities associated with full functioning) and build according to those 'blueprints

Ask the body
-what caused that reaction
-what you can do to undo it/restore former state
-to use previously unused portions of the brain to carry out fuctions that currently lack resources

ask your brain
-to practice increasing funtionality during [meditation/hypnosis]
-to restore movement, sensation, and strength to your arm
-to find a new area to practice and control speech
-to enhance cellular communication
-to restore more youthful 'programming'

Imagine
-that your brain is sending new messages to your right arm through the nerve pathways
-that your cells are getting more efficient and renewed each day

http://www.wendi.com/html/stroke.html

"Even though therapy for strokes is traditionally viewed as not being useful beyond six months post-stroke, the capacity of the mind to learn new information and processes does not have an end point." http://www.hyptalk.com/strokerecovery.htm

Research has revealed that in the adult brain, new neurons form in a region of the forebrain known as the subventricular zone (SVZ). In mice, after a stroke was initiated in a part of the brain, located far from the SVZ, the researchers,tracked newly formed neuroblasts (which are immature brain cells from which mature adult neurons form) as they traveled through healthy brain tissue to the stroke area. These immature neurons wrapped themselves around the immature vascular cells that were in the process of forming new blood vessels in the damaged area. The neurons were found to arrive at the site within the first two to four weeks after the stroke.
Researchers found that two proteins, stromal-derived factor 1 (SDF1) and angiopoietin 1 (Ang1), that are given off by these newly-forming blood vessels, are what trigger the thousands of immature neurons to the site of damage.

Consider using these biological facts as images to include when using guided imagery hypnosis for stroke clients. Our thoughts are known to produce chemicals in our bodies. With our thoughts about the mechanisms that should take place we can stimulate that very mechanism.

(http://ezinearticles.com/?Hypnosis-and-Stroke---Is-There-a-Place-For-Hypnosis-Visualization-After-a-Stroke?&id=475801)

THE THREE 'P's  

Be Patient, Be Positive, Be Persistent  

The after effects of a stroke can be very devastating for both the survivor and their family. Learning and following the three 'P's brings about a quicker acceptance of the situation and a more positive attitude towards the subsequent improvement.

BE PATIENT - Progress after a stroke event is often very slow. Looking daily for improvements is something that should not be encouraged. Look back over a longer period of time; a week, a month, three months. It is then that improvements will be noticed.

BE POSITIVE - Keeping a positive outlook greatly enhances the chances for permanent change.

BE PERSISTENT - Being persistent with the exercise regime on a regular basis encourages nerves and muscles to re-learn that which was lost.

(http://www.hypnotherapy-plus.com/#/for-stroke-survivors/4527865594)

Tanya.