The development of neurofeedback as a therapy for psychological and developmental issues began with epilepsy and then ADHD, progressing to a powerful therapy for most mental health conditions. Many of our clients find neurofeedback therapy for ADHD because they have tried medication unsuccessfully or have searched for a treatment which in non-invasive and has proven success. Parents of young children with a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD often seek out neurofeedback for the same reasons; we recommend neurofeedback for young children because the young brain learns quickly and improvements in symptoms can be detected from quite early in treatment. Improvements we see are commonly a reduction in anxiety, fewer outbursts, better sleep and improved mood.
The following article Traditional treatments of AD(H)D usually involve the use of psychostimulants. One of the drawbacks of this is that many of the medications fail to have long -lasting improvements and medication may be required to be taken indefinitely. In addition, there may be side effects ranging from mild and short term such as decreased appetite, anxiety, headaches among others to longer term possible effects such as the development or increase in tics.
Neurofeedback has been deemed an effective treatment for AD(H)D and may be the treatment of choice in cases where medication is ineffective, only partially effective, has unacceptable side effects, or where compliance with taking medication is low.
Neurofeedback can improve attention, impulse control, speed of information processing and consistency of attention, a decline in internalising and externalising psychopathology.
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