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"Last week my husband, daughter, and I
visited my son on campus. He had been
talking about dropping out of college because of his anxiety and
depression. We saw a complete change in
him. He did his typical complaining about school, but he was smiling
and laughing a lot. He was outgoing and
very personable. I haven’t seen this side
of him in years. It was a pleasant
surprise as I didn’t expect to see him that way. He
feels confident he can finish out the year now. I
do believe neurofeedback is helping a lot."
Mother
of a college student (after 8 Cygnet sessions)
“When I first came to see Dr. Staso over 4 years ago, I
had a long history of severe anxiety and depression and was using
street drugs to try and make me feel better. I had already tried
many different antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications, but none of
them really helped me. By the time I turned 23, I had become
totally addicted to cocaine and was seriously abusing alcohol. I
was feeling crazy and insane because of my cravings for
cocaine. I was drinking between 10 to 15 drinks every day
of hard alcohol, beer, and wine. I was about to quit work because
I was having panic attacks on the job. I got a referral to see
Dr. Staso and the very first meeting and he said we could do talk
therapy or try something else. I had already had 6 years of talk
therapy with no results, so I agreed to begin neurofeedback
training.
He set me up in front of a
computer, put wires on my head and showed me the Lord of the Rings
trilogy. To my surprise, I experienced change within five
sessions. Then over the next 10 to 15 sessions, I noticed
dramatic changes. The result was no more obsessions on cocaine,
which was awesome. I was able to stay off it without entering a
program. I was also able to reduce the drinking by at least half
and the only reason I didn’t stop was because I wanted to still have
fun but not drink to excess.
Ever since I was a child, I would get stuck on a thought
and not be able to get away from it. I had obsessive
thinking. Neurofeedback reduced my obsessive thoughts by 75% and
the ones that stayed I was able to manage.
When I went back to work, I noticed a 180 degree
change. I went from feeling totally helpless and out of control
of my thoughts to being calm and optimistic. My depression was
completely gone and my anxiety had vanished. Before, on an
average day there would be 10 instances where I would feel a jolt of
adrenaline, which would lead me into a panic state, or an extremely
stressed out state where I could barely be on the cash register.
I had such severe social anxiety I could barely talk to people and I
would avoid eye contact. Now I'm doing great. I don't
experience that at all. Now, I look straight at them and say,
“How's it going? Did you find everything?, in a very relaxed
way. That's something I never thought I would have prior to
seeing Dr. Staso.
From high school up to my
early 20s, I had seen six psychologists before Dr. Staso and had just
talk therapy and tried many medications. All that therapy
and didn’t have nearly the effect the neurofeedback had. I have
nothing but good things to say about neurofeedback. I never went
back to cocaine and its been 4 ½ years. I’m doing great
with my drinking. Neurofeedback has done nothing but help me."
Cashier (after 20 sessions with Roshi/Bioexplorer)
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