Re: was Question regarding meds & therapy, now NF - Jane

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Hi, Jane. I was curious, have your tried CBT/ERP? Couldn't find in

your posts if you said whether you had or not. If so, how did that

work for you? Most with OCD respond well to it. If not, is there a

reason why you didn't try it? Just curious. )

That's great that your GAD child responded well to the cranialsacral

manipulations. Wish it had worked for me with my panic attacks (years

ago). I also tried acupuncture back then. I walked around with

needles in my ears for weeks, but it didn't seem to help either. Was

worth a try though.

Let us know how the NF goes. Hope you find some benefit. That would

be great.

BJ

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> Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate your comments on CST and

what your

> dr said about NF type work. However in the event that what I am

about to

> share might help someone out there with a child with OCD OR some other

> condition I would like to share a bit more about NF. I don't want

to get up

> on any soapbox yet as mine with regard to NF and its use on OCD is

more like

> a soap dish at this point but I will tell you that I heard three

renowned

> psychologists and/or lcsws speak a month ago on using NF with regard

to my

> younger daughter's issues and what I learned was astounding. Back

that up

> with the many many parents I have spoken with on the two support

groups I am

> on (one is on adoption related issues and one is on neuro type work)

and I

> am sold on it working in many children, though not all.

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> In her article Riding the Waves by Sebern Fischer she writes:

Although the

> brain's electrical activity plays a major role in how an individual

> functions, until recently, surprisingly little attention has been

paid to

> the electrical aspect of the brain. Instead, we've tended to view

the brain

> solely as a biochemical organ, deveoting billions of dollars to the

> development and promotion of psychotropic drugs. At the same time,

> researchers and therapists have been teaching people to change their

brain's

> bioelectric activity - and hence to change their functioning - without

> chemical intervention. Today, this method, called neurofeedback, is

being

> used by therapists around the world to address an increasing numbe of

> disorders from ADD and AD/HD to bipolar illness, autism, and learning

> disability " .

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> Dr. ce M Hirshberg of the Division of Family and Child

Psychiatry at

> the Brown University medical school states " After twelve years of

clinical

> practice, I have come to the conclusion that neurofeedack should be

viewed

> as one of the three essential or primary forms of intervention,

> psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and neurofeedback. In my experience,

> neurofeedback is every bit as important and powerful as the other

two forms

> of treatment " .

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> Again I am not saying that NF is necessarily for OCD> I have not

done enough

> research into this. However the research I have done has provided

me with

> these convictions: 1) it is a respected treatment that does work and

should

> be considered in many areas (ADD, AD/HD among them - which actually

is an

> area where the pharmacy companies are hands down making a mint); 2)

> alternative treatments are not all " smoke and mirrors " (for my

daughter at

> least cranial sacral therapy helped with generalized anxiety over

homework

> and stuff but not sure it really helps her OCD) and some are

legitimate and

> more needs to be done to educate the public about them (next time

you crack

> an article in your pediatricians office on a subject look at who

publishes

> that magazine, or who the biggest advertizers are - it will be the

> pharmaceutical companies).

>

> Again I am not in any way against medications, even in children, when

> necessary. And I would put my own daughter on medication if I found

that

> she needed it AND I could not find an legitimate alternative

treatment that

> 1) we could afford (this is an issue with NF, which can be costly)

and 2)

> there was at least a good chance of it helping.

>

> Jane

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