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| My QEEG test results |
On May 8, 2009, I met with the doctor who did my QEEG (quantitative electroencephalogram) a few weeks ago to get the test results. He told me, in summary, that my brain is in a permanent state of hyper-arousal.
They even have a name for this amount of extreme over-activity as it displays images of the affected brain in vivid yellow, orange and red-THE RING OF FIRE. It is also called this because the brain never calms down. I would like to state that I do not have a sleep disorder. The irony isn't lost on me, and I'm extremely grateful.
In both the absolute and relative images, between 12 hertz
and 25 hertz of power is where my brain takes on the all the attributes of a
sun-storm.
I also show signs of stress disorder and a degree of
attention deficit, though it is not ADD/ADHD.
ADD/ADHD is caused by the brain
working too slow to process new information. In contrast, my brain is working way too fast
to take in much of anything.
I had to take notes just to make sense of what the
doctor was saying. This is a big part of how I learned in a typical classroom.
The rest of the test results confirmed what I have known all
my life, despite being labeled a "brat", "retard", or "fraud" by peers or the medical
community:
I have the inability to always self-regulate my emotional responses, especially when in sensory overload and/or experiencing acute anxiety.
As I mentioned in part one https://through1filter.blogspot.com/2016/11/going-for-eeg.html, neurofeedback was prescribed, but after about 5 sessions, the co-pay proved too expensive. A girl has to eat.
As I mentioned in part one https://through1filter.blogspot.com/2016/11/going-for-eeg.html, neurofeedback was prescribed, but after about 5 sessions, the co-pay proved too expensive. A girl has to eat.