A quick update:
DD has now completed 20 sessions and so far so good, the sleep improvements have stuck, DD continues to have control over when she goes to sleep (which is huge and in itself justifies the cost of the therapy to me).
After 10 sessions working on the front "executive functions" area (which resulted in better sleep?!), the therapist moved the monitors to the top of the head and started working on anxiety. DD said she got to play pac man where the game sped up if she was focusing correctly, and slowed or stopped if she was not.
The therapist said she is progressing well but she has not noticed any new effects good or bad. As DD pointed out, there is no baseline right now to tell if her "task completion" is improving since she is not in school or working at present. I will say that she seems happier and generally more pleasant to be around and easier to converse with (without the conversation jumping all over the place). She also seems more mature and far less irritable. I don't know whether this is a result of the NFT, CBT, proper sleep, simple aging or a combo of all of these things but it's all good!
I am curious why there haven't been any long term peer reviewed studies. I understand the treatment is not proprietary and as such there is no financial incentive in the USA, but I would think in countries with socialized medicine, it would be worth it for the potential savings on the costs of medication.
WARNING: In my search for studies, I have recently read some pretty scary stuff on other forums about individual cases of NFT gone wrong and as such, I would strongly caution against going to anyone that does not have a long verifiable track record of successfully using this type of treatment.
Also, it seems there are 2 types of treatment that may be called the same thing. The treatment my DD is receiving only involves feedback (observing her own brainwaves on the PC), I would run from any treatment that involved the actual introduction of stimulus to the brain.
Nik
