Happy2Heal Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 hi all I am looking for info on how to do biofeedback therapy by myself that is, I can not afford to see a therapist for this, but I am sure it would be helpful to me does anyone know of any videos books or other resources that might be helpful? anyone ever attempted this themselves? the reason I know it would help me is that I have a heart condition, and when I am hooked up to heart monitors and can see my heart rate and respirations clearly, I am able to concentrate on getting them both slow down and become more regular in the absence of a monitor to see that things are improving, I struggle greatly to do this. in fact I sometimes make things worse. pysch med history: 1974 @ age 18 to Oct 2017 (approx 43 yrs total) Drug list: stelazine, haldol, elavil, lithium, zoloft, celexa, lexapro(doses as high as 40mgs), klonopin, ambien, seroquel(high doses), depakote, zyprexa, lamictal- plus brief trials of dozens of other psych meds over the years started lexapro 2002, dose varied from 20mgs to 40mgs. I tried to get off it several times. WD symptoms were mistaken for "relapse". 2013 too fast taper down to 5mg but WD forced me back to 20mgs June of 2105, tapered again too rapidly to 2.5mgs by Dec 2015. Found SA, held at 2.5 mgs til May 2016 when I foolishly "jumped off". Crashed in Sept, reinstated at 0.3mgs in Oct. 2106 Tapered off to zero by Oct. 2017 Doing very well Nov. 2018 feel 95% healed, current age 63 Jan. 2020 feel 100% healed, peaceful and content Aug 2022 ❤️ loving life ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
methuselah Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 my old therapist recommended heartmath. based on your post, this should be right down your alley https://www.heartmath.com/ 1997-2006 - Prozac 20mg 2006-2015 - Lexapro 15mg, Klonopin .5mg PRN 2015 - Paxil | 2016 - Remeron 30mg | Mar 2017 - Lexapro 7.5mg, Kpin .5mg |July 2017 - Pristiq 50mg, Kpin 1mg Oct 2017 - Celexa 20mg, Kpin .5mg | Feb 2018 - celexa 20mg, Kpin to Valium 7.5mg April 2018 - rapid taper of Celexa and Valium leading to crash May 2018 - Aug 2019 - Fluoxetine 15 mg, Valium 3.5mg Aug 2019 -April 2020 - Micro liquid taper off 3.5mg valium end April 6 2020. Liquid Fluoxetine 12mg per day May 2020 - Nov 2021 - liquid prozac 12mg/ day. Dec 2021 - Dec 4 start 10mg Brand Name Prozac capsule Zero alcohol since July 2020. May 24 2022 - 9.5mg Prozac | July 1 9.2mg Prozac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Heal Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 1 hour ago, methuselah said: my old therapist recommended heartmath. based on your post, this should be right down your alley https://www.heartmath.com/ thanks so much, I'll look into this I was just reading about heart rate variability, I wonder if that has anything to do with my atrial fibrillation? pysch med history: 1974 @ age 18 to Oct 2017 (approx 43 yrs total) Drug list: stelazine, haldol, elavil, lithium, zoloft, celexa, lexapro(doses as high as 40mgs), klonopin, ambien, seroquel(high doses), depakote, zyprexa, lamictal- plus brief trials of dozens of other psych meds over the years started lexapro 2002, dose varied from 20mgs to 40mgs. I tried to get off it several times. WD symptoms were mistaken for "relapse". 2013 too fast taper down to 5mg but WD forced me back to 20mgs June of 2105, tapered again too rapidly to 2.5mgs by Dec 2015. Found SA, held at 2.5 mgs til May 2016 when I foolishly "jumped off". Crashed in Sept, reinstated at 0.3mgs in Oct. 2106 Tapered off to zero by Oct. 2017 Doing very well Nov. 2018 feel 95% healed, current age 63 Jan. 2020 feel 100% healed, peaceful and content Aug 2022 ❤️ loving life ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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