| The following may come as a surprise to most | | | | with a high school education can easily learn how to |
| people, including most medical doctors. | | | | do it, although the learned clinicians will (as usual) |
| Most mental disease is caused by unsuspected brain | | | | protest the necessity of a professional approach. |
| allergies! | | | | (This in spite of no record of harm being done to |
| This fact was illuminated for me by Dr Marshall | | | | anyone, and no license being required to practice this |
| Mandell in the early 80's. He appeared on the Phil | | | | simple therapy.) |
| Donahue show, and had videos of persons with | | | | In 2001, Dr Jiri Tyrl of the Czech Biofeedback Society |
| mental problems caused or worsened by allergen | | | | listed papers about EEG biofeedback that showed |
| testing. He was the first to name such as "brain | | | | the following mental diseases as being either cured or |
| allergies". | | | | greatly improved by this feedback: |
| In 1982, Dr Von Hilsheimer introduced the first | | | | Epilepsy; ADD/ADHD, Learning Disabilities, |
| End-Point-Titration allergy testing into Florida, and I | | | | Academic-Cognitive Enhancement; Anxiety Disorders, |
| worked with him at an allergy clinic in Orlando. We | | | | PTSD, Sleep Disorders, Depression, Hemispheric |
| amazed several MD allergists in that clinic with | | | | Asymmetry, Anger, Addictive Disorders, Brain Injury, |
| depression and many other cases being solved. | | | | Stroke, Coma, Spasticity, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, |
| During that time, I studied allergy/sensitivity | | | | Fibromyalgia, Autoimmune Dysfunctions, Headache |
| extensively. I found a list of mental diseases caused | | | | and other Pain, Schizophrenia, Obsessive Compulsive |
| by allergens that surprised me. None of my previous | | | | Disorders, Parkinson's Dystonia, Tourette's Syndrome, |
| experience and learning in psychology had prepared | | | | Autism; Cognitive Decline with Aging, Asthma |
| me for such. I found the following in a "standard" | | | | Hypertension Dissociative Disorders, Creativity, |
| text on allergies as "Mental Symptoms". It surprised | | | | Optimal Functioning, Criminal Recidivism. |
| me, and probably will you. | | | | This list was further proof (to me at least) that |
| Schizophrenia, depression, hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD), | | | | allergens were involved in much more mental disease |
| Emotional instability or hypersensitivity, Insomnia, | | | | that was suspected, and that this particular EEG |
| Chronic fatigue, crying jags, stuttering, excessive | | | | biofeedback (now known as raising the SMR brain |
| daydreaming, anxiety, panic attacks, withdrawn, | | | | wave), DID somehow relieve this allergen |
| listless, seizures, aggressive behavior, anger, irritability, | | | | susceptibility. (Both my wife and I have either "cured" |
| silly, tense, restless, excited, agitated, behavior | | | | or alleviated lifelong allergies.) |
| problems in children, difficulty concentrating, memory | | | | In 2004, one of those comic light bulbs went on |
| loss, poor comprehension, confusion, impaired | | | | above my head, and I realized that it should be |
| attention, obsessive thoughts, compulsive behavior, | | | | possible to do the same thing - namely raise the SMR |
| feelings of unreality, disorientation, false beliefs or | | | | brain wave - by use of subliminal messaging. |
| delusions, hallucinations, suicidal, feel like hurting self. | | | | I put out a call for volunteers, and got over 20, who |
| While giving a 4 day orthomolecular seminar in Soviet | | | | sent me weekly emails for 4 weeks. Most were |
| Georgia in 2000, I was introduced to the latest EEG | | | | various types of ADD/ADHD, with a few depressives |
| biofeedback therapy of raising the amplitude of the | | | | and insomniacs mixed in. The results definitely |
| brain waves just above Alpha, in the range of 12-15 | | | | showed that both my allergen theory and my |
| Hz. (later named the SMR brain wave) In the | | | | subliminal theory were correct. |
| discussion, I remembered that list of mental diseases | | | | In 6 more volunteer tests since that time, we have |
| caused by allergens. I then proposed the following | | | | shown that this therapy (named Neuroliminal Training) |
| theory: "Raising the SMR brain wave somehow | | | | is at least as effective as EEG Biofeedback (aka |
| changed the affect of allergens on the brain. To | | | | Neurofeedback) for ADD/ADHD, depression, |
| date, no other theory fits the data. | | | | insomnia, autism, and epilepsy. |
| When I returned to the US, I started the first leasing | | | | We're going even further with a current test that |
| of EEG BF equipment for home use. As you can | | | | includes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, |
| imagine this did not endear me to the clinicians who | | | | PTSD, Depression of all types, etc. This test will end |
| were charging up to $250 per half hour for the | | | | in January 2009. |
| service. The actual operation is so simple that anyone | | | | |