I'm a late 40's female, married 32 years to supportive spouse. Presently I'm going thru neurofeedback and have had 5 sessions. Before the neurofeedback I had a total of almost 10 years of counselling, from different sources, for depression/anxiety/PTSD etc. that wasn't completely helpful. I know one of the rules here is to avoid any anti-therapy messages... and I'm not saying therapy is bad.
My present position is that I was enrolled in neurofeedback (NF) because it was obvious talk therapy wasn't working for me. My present psychiatrist told me they could treat PTSD with NF and I would not have to talk about the trauma. I thought this sounded good, and people have gone out of their way to arrange this for me. But as the treatments move forward, and I sometimes feel worse (struggling with bad waves of depression presently) I find myself battling feelings of hopelessness... I have anxiety about what I'm going to do if this doesn't work. I feel it is my last hope.
When I talked on other websites about NF, I was stigmatized and on one site even attacked and told NF is just a placebo effect. This has made me feel even worse. So I came here, hoping to find some support. I rarely leave my house and live rurally, so health care and counselling is difficult to get for geographic and agoraphobic reasons as well. I would only agree to the NF if my husband could attend every session too.
My present position is that I was enrolled in neurofeedback (NF) because it was obvious talk therapy wasn't working for me. My present psychiatrist told me they could treat PTSD with NF and I would not have to talk about the trauma. I thought this sounded good, and people have gone out of their way to arrange this for me. But as the treatments move forward, and I sometimes feel worse (struggling with bad waves of depression presently) I find myself battling feelings of hopelessness... I have anxiety about what I'm going to do if this doesn't work. I feel it is my last hope.
When I talked on other websites about NF, I was stigmatized and on one site even attacked and told NF is just a placebo effect. This has made me feel even worse. So I came here, hoping to find some support. I rarely leave my house and live rurally, so health care and counselling is difficult to get for geographic and agoraphobic reasons as well. I would only agree to the NF if my husband could attend every session too.
Last edited by a moderator:
It made me feel a bit better.
