Brain Map results

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Hello Group,Boy am I messed up! I spent 2 hours going over my QEEG Brain Map with my Dr. (Gurnee). In addition to doing NFB, he runs a center for Brain Mapping that is used internationally, and includes LORETTA as well as six different types os Data Base analysis. The stack of papers was over an inch thick!The mapping revealed

severe ADD, OCD now add to the mix Bipolar disorder and chronic depression. Plus some brain damage from 2 or 3 concussions.The brain damage just exacerbates the other problems. Luckily I can still type this e-mail. I am an exercise addict, which replaced the drugs and alcohol earlier in my life, since the endorphins help with the depression. If I don't work out, I get depressed. So that helps a lot and reduces tension and anxiety and gives a sense of

well being I could not get naturally except maybe with Yoga and meditation.I have seen many posts here regarding OCD and ADD and I am becoming convinced that those are probably common to all people with Misophonia. Dr. Gurnee says that he has seen it many times over the years, just never used the word Misophonia. To him it is possibly when both ADD and OCD are together. We compulsively obsess about the triggers ( lock on to them, common with OCD) and can't filter them out (ADD).

He said that it can happenwith only ADD as well. There is a lack of blood flow to the frontal lobes, very evident on my brain map. He sees this with everyone that has this type of sensitivity. He also mentionedthe Cingulate Gyrus, which plays a role in obsessiveness and the linking of sensory input with emotions. If I remember correctly, there is a lack of the neurotransmitter dopamine which fires up the frontal lobes making it difficult to focus and difficult to FILTER OUT the sounds and other triggers. We can't filer out all of the sensory input, sounds etc. and focus on normal things, like what we are reading of a simple conversation.I think that is a key to this problem. SSRI drugs like Prozac aid in this, but who wants to take Prozac! I tried it and had no sex life and felt like a zombie, so gave it

up straightway..I have left out a lot, and will try to get him to write something up to share with the group. Like Clyle has mentioned, every brain is different, hence a need to do a brain map for each individual, but there is a lot to learn from the similarities in the maps of people with Miso and the need among Neurofeedback practitionersto share that information so treatment can be less hit and miss and there can be more consistent results. If you are doing NFB I strongly suggest that you get a brain map done. Otherwise the treatment is going to be long and expensive since the protocols will beall trial and error.I have done one treatment and in one day went from sleeping 4- 5 hours to 7-8 hours. Not a bad start!Oh yes, I told him about Brain Wave Tech and he did not have much good to say about it. They have shut down some of the clinics and have

some law suits againstthem. It helped at first with the insomnia but it did not stick. I would not recommend it for Miso. I wasted a few grand last spring doing it. Live and learn!I am hoping we have finally found a real and lasting cure for this miserable disorder...To be continued.........Mike