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by shadowtree 701 days ago
My daughter was prescribed an audio therapy that worked wonders.

An app plays something akin to channel surfing on steroids, at a high initial switching frequency. Patient is to watch their favorite Youtube vids, play a video game - for 30 min while this cacophony slams their ears. Then gradually, day after day, the frequency is lowered to "humane" levels.

Totally worked, no meds involved.

I think it simply flooded her CNS and trained it to focus, without conscious effort. Might only work in 8 year olds, I don't know.

A lot of sound therapy we saw initially tried the opposite, calm stuff like classical music - feels clear why this can't work on a ADHD brain that runs in circles.

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Really fascinating. Do you remember the name of the app or the kind of sound therapy? Sounds like it might work wonders.