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Keywords: LENS, neurofeedback, migraine, chronic fatigue syndrome
I almost don't want to talk about this out loud for fear the healing magic will disappear. Neurofeedback seems like magic, the results have been so profound to me. Lately, I've been using the analogy of "malware" being removed from my body. I feel faster and more efficient inside. I came to neurofeedback very recently after an awful experience, but let me give you some background so you can understand why neurofeedback is magical to me.
I've been chronically sick for eight years with chronic fatigue syndrome / adrenal fatigue syndrome (CFS/AFS); fibromyalgia (FM); migraines averaging two to three days a week; inflammation that forced me to change careers; a 40pound weight gain; a lot of neuroendocrine issues; hormone issues; cognitive issues; liver issues with reactions to all medications and supplements; severe tinnitus; and insomnia. It has been a continuing cascade of symptoms that have made it difficult simply to maintain my life. I just haven't been functioning for years. Previously, I was super healthy-I taught yoga and dance classes. I had a full-time career as a neuromuscular massage therapist, and was happy and social until I started having problems at age 45.
I had an episode early in March 2018 when I had a serious progesterone withdrawal that left me at the hospital with my blood pressure 199/146 (usually 112/74), and with accompanying anxiety that made me feel like I was going to explode. The anxiety was so physical. It was centered in my stomach and emanated out into my entire body.
In talking to my regular doctor on the phone that day, she didn't know what to do. She's an integrative doctor, but had run out of options for me and said maybe I should try neurofeedback. I had seen a...