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Does anyone have any experience with, or knowledge of, or opinion on Neurofeedback training for long term PTSD symptoms? The study I read says it shows drastic improvement, especially in regards to depression. Just curious if anyone has any real life experience with it. Thank you for any input.
 
Have you searched the forum? I've posted a number of times about it over the past few years. (Not trying to be rude, rather I don't want to repeat myself and posting links isn't as easy when I'm mobile.)

Recap...

It really helped me at first. I started actually sleeping again (my sleep was so bad I'd be awake for days, perhaps lucky enough to get an hour of twilight sleep), my thought rumination vastly improved, and I'm sure other symptoms improved but those are the two that come to mind at 1am, lol.

But.....and this is a HUGE but....it made my symptoms spike within 24 hours of a treatment. We're talking becoming suicidal at times and acting out against others uncharacteristically in a dangerous manner.

So, don't "drink the kool-aid" and believe that this treatment is without side effects. Practitioners want you to believe this but it simply is not true! I'm not saying side effects are inevitable, rather they are possible.

I've done neurofeedback with two therapists and I'm now done with this form of treatment. I'm at the point where the side effects are outweighing the benefits. But, to be fair, I went through a year and a half of sessions before reaching this point. And, it did resolve my worst symptom of obsessive thinking (I say it was the worst because my obsessive thinking could bring on suicidal attempts faster than any other symptom.)
 
On a similar, yet different note, the Alexander Technique offers the development new neural pathways that can assist healing of somatic memories, and flashbacks. If you would like to know, just let me know, and I'lll share a personal example or give a scientific explanation.
 
I'm sorry, I did read one post on it

Oh, NO need to apologize! I didn't meant it to be a "you should research before posting blah blah blah" mean sort of thing. Rather, a lot has been said before by me and others, so reading old posts can help. And honestly, I don't remember everything I said about it before so I can give my perspective of it from where I stand now, but those posts give a different perspective of mine from the past. I just wanted to make sure you were able to read as much as possible, that's all.
 
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