Re: Your (well, My) Brain on Misophonia

[Guest guest]

Wow, that is great! Can't wait to see the brain maps. I just got Jack's today. I would be so interested to see them side by side.Thank you for sharing your brain!Sent from my iPhone

My continuing foray into neurofeedback has been yielding some interesting results. After my qEEG, a practitioner ran the results through a program called LORETA, which uses a quantitative method to figure out what part of my lower brain has the anomalous brainwaves. the conclusion, in short, is that there's an obvious anomaly centered in my limbic system, which is responsible for emotions and, to an extent, for sensory processing.

I'm uploading a picture of my brain so that everyone can look at it (as soon as I figure out how to upload files), but first, here is what the practitioner, Dr. Corey Fineberg, wrote (his explanation is better than mine):

"Let me first say what a pleasure it has been working with you. This is very exciting stuff! As promised, I am attaching the LORETA snapshots in 3D and 2D of your brain's over-activity in the Limbic Lobe in the upper Beta range (23Hz to be exact). What these scans suggest is that you have an excess of cortical activity deep in the Limbic system which we know is responsible for regulating functions related to emotion, memory, and certain sensory processes. Hyper-activity in this region is almost certainly related to your hyper-sensitivity to specific sounds and the associated emotional reactions that accompany them. I am also attaching a pdf version of your QEEG page that illustrates the same region of dysregulation on the surface EEG as opposed to the deeper brain images as produced by LORETA. Both types of scans are expressed in Zscores which means that the raw data has been compared to a normative database for your age and sex. For example, when you see a red spot

on the brain, that means that you have too much activity in that region as compared to other "normals" for your age and sex. Our goal is to reduce the amount of statistical deviation from the norm in those regions indicated using neurofeedback training that is repeated through a process of operant conditioning. The idea is that once these deviations are able to be successfully self-regulated, then the symptoms will subside. At that point we can perform a follow-up Qeeg and LORETA analysis and visually see the reduction in Zscores expressed as "less red" on the maps and lowered accompanying numeric values."

In summary, at least for my brain, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE ANOMALY IS. Guys, this is exciting....

-Kate

[Guest guest]

yes ,very exciting stuff.. thanks

Subject: Your (well, My) Brain on MisophoniaTo: Soundsensitivity Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 11:44 AM

My continuing foray into neurofeedback has been yielding some interesting results. After my qEEG, a practitioner ran the results through a program called LORETA, which uses a quantitative method to figure out what part of my lower brain has the anomalous brainwaves. the conclusion, in short, is that there's an obvious anomaly centered in my limbic system, which is responsible for emotions and, to an extent, for sensory processing. I'm uploading a picture of my brain so that everyone can look at it (as soon as I figure out how to upload files), but first, here is what the practitioner, Dr. Corey Fineberg, wrote (his explanation is better than mine):"Let me first say what a pleasure it has been working with you. This is very exciting stuff! As promised, I am attaching the LORETA snapshots in 3D and 2D of your brain's over-activity in the Limbic Lobe in the upper Beta range (23Hz to be exact). What these scans suggest is that you have

an excess of cortical activity deep in the Limbic system which we know is responsible for regulating functions related to emotion, memory, and certain sensory processes. Hyper-activity in this region is almost certainly related to your hyper-sensitivity to specific sounds and the associated emotional reactions that accompany them. I am also attaching a pdf version of your QEEG page that illustrates the same region of dysregulation on the surface EEG as opposed to the deeper brain images as produced by LORETA. Both types of scans are expressed in Zscores which means that the raw data has been compared to a normative database for your age and sex. For example, when you see a red spot on the brain, that means that you have too much activity in that region as compared to other "normals" for your age and sex. Our goal is to reduce the amount of statistical deviation from the norm in those regions indicated using neurofeedback training that is repeated

through a process of operant conditioning. The idea is that once these deviations are able to be successfully self-regulated, then the symptoms will subside. At that point we can perform a follow-up Qeeg and LORETA analysis and visually see the reduction in Zscores expressed as "less red" on the maps and lowered accompanying numeric values."In summary, at least for my brain, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE ANOMALY IS. Guys, this is exciting....-Kate

[Guest guest]

Yep, we should definitely do a comparison! (I'm aware that one case study does

not make a convincing argument- we need to gather as much data as possible).

I'm happy to share what I can- my brain is your brain. The scans should be

uploaded under " Files " already, so everyone who wants to can look at them.

-Kate

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> > My continuing foray into neurofeedback has been yielding some interesting

results. After my qEEG, a practitioner ran the results through a program called

LORETA, which uses a quantitative method to figure out what part of my lower

brain has the anomalous brainwaves. the conclusion, in short, is that there's an

obvious anomaly centered in my limbic system, which is responsible for emotions

and, to an extent, for sensory processing.

> >

> > I'm uploading a picture of my brain so that everyone can look at it (as soon

as I figure out how to upload files), but first, here is what the practitioner,

Dr. Corey Fineberg, wrote (his explanation is better than mine):

> >

> > " Let me first say what a pleasure it has been working with you. This is very

exciting stuff! As promised, I am attaching the LORETA snapshots in 3D and 2D of

your brain's over-activity in the Limbic Lobe in the upper Beta range (23Hz to

be exact). What these scans suggest is that you have an excess of cortical

activity deep in the Limbic system which we know is responsible for regulating

functions related to emotion, memory, and certain sensory processes.

Hyper-activity in this region is almost certainly related to your

hyper-sensitivity to specific sounds and the associated emotional reactions that

accompany them. I am also attaching a pdf version of your QEEG page that

illustrates the same region of dysregulation on the surface EEG as opposed to

the deeper brain images as produced by LORETA. Both types of scans are expressed

in Zscores which means that the raw data has been compared to a normative

database for your age and sex. For example, when you see a red spot on the

brain, that means that you have too much activity in that region as compared to

other " normals " for your age and sex. Our goal is to reduce the amount of

statistical deviation from the norm in those regions indicated using

neurofeedback training that is repeated through a process of operant

conditioning. The idea is that once these deviations are able to be successfully

self-regulated, then the symptoms will subside. At that point we can perform a

follow-up Qeeg and LORETA analysis and visually see the reduction in Zscores

expressed as " less red " on the maps and lowered accompanying numeric values. "

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> > In summary, at least for my brain, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE ANOMALY IS.

Guys, this is exciting....

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> > -Kate

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kate,

Jack's brain maps show a lot of red in the center also. His worst area is the right back quadrant. Did you get a sheet from your doctor with a series of bar graphs for each type of brainwave? Did your doctor tell you which areas were the most locked at the beginning of treatment? Jack's doctor is targeting o2, cz and c4. Cz and c4 are right in the center of the top of the head... Interesting!