Neurofeedback and Bipolar

One of my closest friends has bipolar in his family. The condition has greatly colored the lives of everyone in the family. Several of his siblings struggle. Most of his aunts and uncles struggle. He got in touch with his grandmother’s siblings’ grandchildren (his second cousins) and found out that three of his grandmother’s siblings had committed suicide.

Last month I traveled internationally with another friend who suffers from bipolar. He is a classic mix of extreme intelligence, hyper-creativity, and destructive impulses. You have the sense that you are in the presence of great talent, but that the talent is being squandered by an irresistible negative energy.

I began wondering what neurofeedback would do for someone who suffers from bipolar disorder. I have only one client who has trained with us who has bipolar, and the results were very impressive. She had no manic episodes during her two months of training. She told me that she normally has two to three episodes per month.

The difficulty, is that by far the most successful people with neurofeedback are those who train consistently over a 1.5-2.5 month period. And consistency seems to be very difficult when you are in a constantly shifting state of energy and optimism (or depression).

Here is an Article on Bipolar Disorder and Neurofeedback and a scholarly article from the journal "Brain Science".

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