Epilepsy and its Brain-Function Training

1. EPILEPSY
• Epilepsy is a neurological condition.

2. EPILEPSY
• It is caused by electrical storms in the brain.
• These storms create recurrent, unprovoked
seizures.
• The spectrum could range between absent
seizures (blackout spells) to tonic-clonic
seizures (fits).

3. BRAIN-FUNCTION TRAINING
• It is used to treat all kinds of neurological
and psychological disorders.
• But one of its better uses is for epilepsy.

4. BRAIN-FUNCTION TRAINING
• Fun Fact: Brain-Function Training (BFT) was
used to train NASA astronauts to control
seizures when they came in contact with
seizure-inducing lunar lander fuel.

5. WHAT IS IT USED FOR
In addition to helping you overcome epilepsy, BFT
also helps with:
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Sleep issues
• Cognitive deficits [e.g. deficits in attention,
processing, executive function and memory
etc.]
• Comorbid conditions like AD/HD and autism.

6. HOW DOES IT WORK
• It literally trains the brain to
function better.

7. HOW DOES IT WORK
• A qEEG analysis of brain’s cortex locates
the precise zones of abnormal electrical
activity.
• Using this data, the practitioner trains
the brainwaves to function at normative
levels.

8. HOW DOES IT WORK
• This is done by positive
reinforcement – good brainwaves
are rewarded, inappropriate ones
are not.
• The brain likes the reward and
tries to emulate the right
frequencies to get more rewards.

9. HOW DOES IT WORK
• The neurofeedback apparatus only
receives data from the brain, so
the training isn’t incursive.

10. HOW DOES IT WORK
• The procedure is very safe, non invasive
and non-threatening.
• It significantly reduces and sometimes
even eliminates seizures.
• Anyone can qualify for BFT sessions
irrespective of where on the epilepsy
spectrum they find themselves.

11. HOW DOES IT WORK
• Brownie Point: The results are
long-lasting. Once the brain learns
it doesn’t tend to forget. So a
person can’t regress.

12. Brain-Function Training is like a child
learning to walk. She may start on a walker
to support herself, but once she learns to
walk she doesn’t forget how.
Nobody teaches her how to balance but she
figures it out. Likewise, with Brain-Function
Training, the brain figures out how to
balance itself.

13. With BFT, a person with epilepsy
doesn’t have to feel restricted to
playing second-fiddle to people
without condition.
They are now free to express
themselves fully without
incidentally being a danger to
their own selves.

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If Brain-Function Training can foster the
improvement of someone you know, we
support them in learning more.

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