Neurofeedback: Chronic Fatigue
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Neurofeedback: Chronic Fatigue
During the past several years in working with Chronic Fatigue Syndrom (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM), various clinicians have observed considerable evidence for the effectiveness of EEG neurofeedback training as a modality for assisting in the remediation of these symptoms. In Canada for example, Dr. Stuart Donaldson and his colleagues have found that neurofeedback (followed by a small amount of physical therapy or EMG [muscle] biofeedback) produced substantial improvement in 77% of FM people on long term follow-ups. Neurofeedback training for CFS and FM appears to usually increase energy levels, to assist in alleviating cognitive deficits (memory and concentration), and restless and non-restorative sleep. As these things improve in FM, the pain generally decreases and becomes localized to small areas, rather than being diffuse over the entire body. Physical therapy, trigger-point work, or muscle biofeedback may then assist in reducing the limited pain that remains. When used with people who are not entirely disabled by the condition, it has allowed many to return to full-time productive activity within a few months. In severe cases, the impact of training has generally been very helpful, although full remediation may not always occur.
No claim is made that the training directly addresses the fundamental cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrom (CFS) or Fibromyalgia (FM), although it might assist in overcoming deficits resulting from a viral influence. The improvements in the quality of life in reported cases, and in the preliminary research, is encouraging. But given the absence of large, carefully controlled studies, this procedure would still be regarded by many people as experimental. However, in doing work for more than 25 years with somewhat similar and abnormally slow brainwave activity in attention deficit disorder and epilepsy, Dr. Joel Lubar and Dr. Barry Sterman, and others have verified that neurofeedback training can be effective in improving symptoms and reconditioning brainwave activity. These changes are usually maintained as documented on long-term follow-up research studies.
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