In the US alone, some reports estimates that approximately 20% of the population suffer from depression. Not all of those who suffer from depression seek help. Some are experiencing mild depression, whether over a matter of a few weeks, several months or years, they consider the way they feel to be simply 'down' or generally unhappy with their present 'lot'.
If you feel that I have just described how you have been feeling, please, seek help from your doctor or health physician. Mildly depression can be very hard to diagnose and it is often accounts from patients that lead to diagnosis. Once diagnosed, your doctor may consider treating your depression with anti-depressant/ anti-anxiety drugs. With so many of these kinds of drugs available (more than 20 on the market) it can be very difficult for doctors to find a drug or combination of drugs that will work effectively in relieving the symptoms of depression. "Not every antidepressant is going to work well for each individual," says Dr. Andrew Leuchter a Psychiatrist at UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles.
For those that are severely depressed and have sought help a new study may be able, in the future, to help predict which drugs would best suit their needs. Figures suggest that approximately only 30% of patients will respond to the first drug they try.
Now however, there has been a breakthrough in being able to predict which medication will best suit a patient. Doctors are now able to discover which drugs a patient will respond to best right from the start. "The challenge we face is trying to get patients on the right medicine quickly and get them to stay with the medicine long enough to get well," says Dr. Leuchter.
This newly applied technology may be the answer. It is a ten minute test that measures brain wave activity. Clinical trials involved testing a patient before and after starting new treatment. "If they show the right signal, we can say with a pretty good degree of certainty, you know, that is the right medication," says Dr. Leuchter. The test is able to indicate with an 85% accuracy whether patients will respond to a drug within one week of taking it.
Doctor Leucher is hoping that the FDA will approve the test for use within four years. The tests one advantage is that it is very inexpensive and easy to administer. Tests on the technology are continuing at ten difference sites around the US.
Brain Waves During Sleep
Do not be swayed by the word ?manipulate?. This article was titled in such a controversial manner in order to get the desired response from you and yet reveal the truth that you can actually start the momentum of manipulating your brain waves for overall life success. How you do so is quite elementary. The technology is almost self explanatory and the methods of delivery is so easy, there is not a person in this world that is not able to master the machinations of the technology and effectively manipulate his mind towards success within moments.
Now within the brain, there are plenty of neurons, which fire of electromagnetic waves for the express purpose of communicating with each other and co-ordinating the various parts of the brain with each other. Now this is a critical function of the brain and it allows us to move our limbs, speak, talk, eat and basically communicate and leverage on all the benefits of the world today.
Now behind that is another fascinating discovery, in which the brain is also within a specific global frequency wavelength, which is also originating from the neurons in the cortical of the brain. What happens is that these frequencies coincide to the different states of wakefulness that we are in and they can be divided into areas like just before sleep, light sleep, deep sleep, just waking up from sleep, complete awakeness and in high activity. Now, this does not stop there, as within these ranges, called beta to delta, there are also interesting abilities that the brain seems to be able to exude as well.
For example, in the beta state and states just below it, we are able to show an increased amount of mental acuity, more creativity, the ability to focus better, multitask more and have higher levels of adrenalin and energy. So if we are feeling sluggish one day or perhaps have a creative presentation the following day and need that extra bit of juice, wouldn't it be useful if we had the ability to just tap on these potentials the brain already has and then excel like we have never before.
There is nothing external about the technology and there is nothing added, everything is a natural biological leverage on the brainwaves that your brain already produces and these are the very principles that drive technology like brainwave entrainment and binaural beats. So in a sense, you are manipulating your brainwaves but you are not doing anything to harm yourself.
Just look at the delivery of brainwave entrainment technology; where its most potent form is in a CD, all of which you need to do is to plug in your CD player, your headphones, find a quiet corner for about half an hour or so and release the potential of your mind. Anyone and everyone can benefit from this power, the power to realise the true potential of the brain. With brainwave manipulation, you can finally achieve the overall life success that you deserve.
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