My son (13) has finished his 18th neurofeedback session last night. We had a review of his progress to date, and the results are looking promising. When I compare his brain waves from his very first session, to Monday's session, the level of delta (the slowest frequency) seems to be decreasing. On his qeeg, he seems to have an overwhelming amount of delta, and not so much alpha (what is needed for concentration). The practicioner showed me a chart of someone who suffers from migraines, but, other than that, has a pretty normal brain wave pattern. Looking at the 2 charts, my son has a loooong way to go, but I can see some progress.
Behaviorally, he has definitely improved. He's more calm, he's not nit-picking at his brother, he's able to sit still when he's bored, and this is his second consecutive week at camp where there have not been any behavior issues. His awareness and his memory seem to be improved too. The medicine tends to interfere with this, as does his seizures. I'm not sure how much nfb has helped in this area because the longer he goes without a seizure, the more improvement I see in this area anyways. I can't wait for school to start to see if his teachers notice a difference. And...I almost forgot! His nightly nightmares have disappeared! This is a big win!
Today marks his 9th week since his last seizure (or seizure cluster). That's nothing new, since he made it to 12 weeks before. He's still on the highest dose of depakote he can be on (1250 mg), and I don't anticipate reducing that anytime soon.
He has to take the next 2 weeks off from nfb because he's going to be away. I hope he doesn't slip in his progress too much. We'll start up again right before school starts.
Behaviorally, he has definitely improved. He's more calm, he's not nit-picking at his brother, he's able to sit still when he's bored, and this is his second consecutive week at camp where there have not been any behavior issues. His awareness and his memory seem to be improved too. The medicine tends to interfere with this, as does his seizures. I'm not sure how much nfb has helped in this area because the longer he goes without a seizure, the more improvement I see in this area anyways. I can't wait for school to start to see if his teachers notice a difference. And...I almost forgot! His nightly nightmares have disappeared! This is a big win!
Today marks his 9th week since his last seizure (or seizure cluster). That's nothing new, since he made it to 12 weeks before. He's still on the highest dose of depakote he can be on (1250 mg), and I don't anticipate reducing that anytime soon.
He has to take the next 2 weeks off from nfb because he's going to be away. I hope he doesn't slip in his progress too much. We'll start up again right before school starts.