Brain Integration Blog

I received a comment on the One answer to ADD post on my Math blog. Dawn raised the excellent point that ADD is a cluster of symptoms, not one “thing” and that there are many possible causes. Here is the reply I posted to her comment.

Dawn,

Thanks for commenting.

I don’t believe that there’s one cause. I agree that ADD describes a set of symptoms, and I imagine that there are hundreds of causes of ADD-like symptoms. I’m also not so arrogant to believe that Brain Integration Technique is the magic bullet that fixes everything for everyone.

What I know about BIT is that it addresses all major causes of ADD that are not structural. Someone with a brain injury may not benefit. From my 16 hours of being integrated I can tell you that emotional, environmental, chemical, allergy, parasites, candida, and a slew of other causes are examined and addressed.

What I’ve found with BIT is that being brain-integrated has given me a base of functioning that is free of the need to do whatever it takes to stimulate my brain. It has allowed me to slow down enough that I can make choices that support me, not that give me the next hit of focus I need to get through the next task.

Having said that, I still pay attention to my diet. I exercise. I relax. I support my brain functioning but that’s infinitely easier to do when I’m able to make choices that really support me even if they’re boring and not stimulating.

I’ll also say that I had a pretty dysfunctional family environment. That’s a very common reason for ADD people to shut off a part of their brain - it was a smart decision when I was small and vulnerable.

I invite you, Dawn, to check out the Brain Integration Blog, if you haven’t already. You might want to buy Susan McCrossin’s book and see if it speaks to you.

And, I wish you the best whatever exploration you take or don’t take.