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In childhood, ADD/ADHD has a negative impact on attention, emotions, behavior, and social skills. But the problems don't end there -- attention, focus and self esteem problems often last a life time. Decreased career potential, difficulty with relationships (especially marriage), and addiction to alcohol and drug abuse are common outcomes.

Stimulant medications such a Ritalin™ may dramatically decrease creativity, suppress appetite, and disrupt sleep patterns. In addition, these medications may trigger tics (sudden, violent jerking movements, often associated with loud vocalizations), and Tardive Dyskinesia, a serious neurological movement disorder.
Unfortunately for the user (and their parents), these problems may not show up immediately. The symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia, for example, may not emerge until after the drug has been taken for a few years.
It was only recently that the FDA issued an alert on Cylert™ a medication many years old and commonly prescribed for those with ADD. The drug, it seems, produces acute (sudden) liver failure in some of those taking the drug.
Twenty-five years of clinical experience has shown that Neurofeedback training improves attention, enhances creativity, and stabilizes appetite and sleep patterns. Remedial Neurofeedback Training™ giving the brain quick and accurate information on it is doing its job, has no potential for side effects or possibility of addiction.

     The recent use of Quantitative EEG to help the Neurotherapist diagnose and treat those with Attention Deficit Disorder has taught us an invaluable lesson: Some with attention problems do not have the generalized (all over the brain) slow brain waves of Attention Deficit Disorder. Instead, the QEEG shows the localized brain damage of Learning Disabilities. See End Learning Disabilities Now for details.
     If a person with attention problems has localized brain abnormalities, there are likely to be performance problems as well (reading difficulties, et cetera). If focal slow wave characteristics are present in the QEEG of someone with attention problems, a more accurate clinical diagnosis is Learning Disability, with an attentional deficit as a symptom.
     Because a Learning Disability may be disguising itself as ADD, a Quantitative EEG is always done to reveal the true biological origin of the attentional deficit, and to help rule out serious brain pathology.

Remedial Neurofeedback Training™ improves the ability to focus and shift into appropriate attentional states. The enhanced performance profoundly and positively affects self esteem, school grades and family and social interactions.
Other benefits of Remedial Neurofeedback Training™ may include:

A sense of relaxation and well-being.
Enhanced memory and learning capability
Improved school performance (1 to 1-1/2 grade point average increase.)
Decreased agitation
Regulated sleep habits
Improved mood
Increased self esteem