Hi Yorkie,
I'm by no means an expert on ADD, however, from what I've read on the subject, people with ADD tend to have too much Theta dominance in their brain waves during waking states. Even if someone doesn't have ADD but they are experiencing concentration problems, the Proteus on Beta-based programs will help improve concentration.
I have Fibromylgia and one of the things that goes with FM is concentration difficulties. I used the Proteus in two ways and it helped me greatly! The first way, is the traditional way, and that is with both the light and sound. Proteus programs 20 and 21 are excellent programs for this.
The second way I used the Proteus was to use the sound portion only with a program I wrote (see attached) while working at my desk. Using sound alone is not as powerful as using both sound and light, but it still works.
I'm not sure what you mean by emotional processing. One thing I do know is that the Theta state tends to bring memories (sometimes uncomfortable memories) to the surface. I don't know if this is related to what you are experiencing?
Do you work shifts? It would seem that your brain waves are shifted inappropriately. Too much Beta when you try to sleep and too much theta when you want to be awake. We can only suspect such a thing as without an EEG, we wouldn't know for sure.
Anyway, what you can do is when you wake up (maybe while you are still lying in bed) you could do P20 (which is a 15 minute concentration program). This ought to wake up your brain. If you get a chance during the day, if you work at a desk or maybe even while you are on your way to work or school you could listen to the Beta Focus program attached or Alpha Beta program. I designed these programs to be longer so that I could work at my desk and not have to keep restarting the "concentration" program.
If you do not want to download the programs I wrote, you can use P20 or 21 (with just headphones) and just keep restarting the program when it ends.
Before bed, you could use P43 or 44 - this will likely put you to sleep and hopefully keep you in that state throughout the night.
The effects with the concentration program may be subtle. In other words, you may not notice the changes immediately but stick with it for at least two weeks. For me the change occurred slowly and one day I noticed that the tv was on and I was reading without being distracted by the tv. My concentration had improved. Also know that after you get results, you will not have to use the machine as often. I find that I go through periods where I need to use the machine more often and then I'm okay for a while. Everyone is different.
Thank you for the kind words and feedback. This is what keeps us inspired!
Please do keep in touch and let us know how you are progressing. And feel free to post any questions, observations, comments ... anything you want to share with others and I'm sure there are others who are as interested as I am in what you have to say.
M.
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