Q & A Subjects
PSYCHOSES
Q - My grandson has been assessed and is thought to have a thought disorder. Can we get this type of brain assessment and treatment in Alberta?Can you suggest a practitioner in one of the cities here?
A - Dr. Stuart Donaldson in Calgary and Dr. Hoerst Mueller in Edmonton. |
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Q - My husband was recently hospitalized for a manic episode and then tentaviely diagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder with Mania. He is 37 years old. We have always been quite leary of being on any kind of medication and live a healthy lifetstyle so this was really out of the blue. He hates the medication he is on becasue it makes him feel very groggy and out-of-it. Although he is on a very low dose- the doctors have told him he will be taking it forever. Can the treatments you offer be used to eventually get off anti-psychotic medication like Zyprexa?
A - The clients we see who have been diagnosed as "bi-polar" have many different patterns of brain inefficiencies. So, the diagnosis is not helpful in that it does not offer any indications for treatment. Typically, a variety of medications are tried until one is found that offers some relief or the client becomes sedated as seems the case with your husband. This problem is compounded in children where the "bi-polar" diagnosis has become popular. All symptoms are associated with brain inefficiencies. Since the inefficiencies differ in terms of magnitude, location, and number, clients with the same diagnosis often show markedly different symptom patterns. In other words, the diagnosis is irrelevant. The preferred method for treatment is to do a functional brain assessment to determine the exact nature of the pattern of brainwave inefficiencies. Then, treatment proceeds by normalizing brainwave activity thereby reducing and/or eliminating the symptoms associated with those inefficiencies. Coincident with the neurotherapeutic treatment clients are usually engaged in some adjunctive treatment to correct cognitive and behavioral difficulties that the client has acquired as a result the brain inefficiency. If the brain activity associated with the symptom is corrected then the symptom remits and obviously the client need not continue on the dangerous drugs. The idea that clients need to be medicated forever is simply wrong - most can titrate off the medications as their brain functions normalize. |
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Q - I'd like to have contact with someone who has completed treatment or is being treated for Bi Polar disorder before I begin the treatment myself. Could you help me with this?
A - We never establish contact between our clients and unknown persons. |
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