Can Hypnosis work to cure ADHD?

Health & Fitness

  • Author Tess Messer
  • Published February 10, 2011
  • Word count 645

The real truth of if hypnosis can remedy the symptoms of ADD and ADHD is somewhat mysterious. I have been investigating the use of hypnosis in the management of people with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and even though it is sure that hypnosis helps the symptoms of various illnesses, what is much less apparent is if There are actually any added benefits to hypnosis for the cure of inattention and ADD.

Hypnosis has been around as a treatment measure for decades. It was, interestingly, first put to use in animal husbandry to calm animals. It gained popularity in Europe in the 1800s and was put to use extensively and quite fruitfully during the World Wars to remedy Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS). Sounds, written text, magnets, paintings and other visuals are all modalities that have all been employed to induce hypnotic states.

Hypnosis has, irrespective of a pretty substantial body of evidence indicating its value for healing a few particular conditions, been thought of as a fraud by many doctors. Some healthcare providers view hypnosis as some sort of stage show with no compelling value. Psychiatrist in Asia have conducted hundreds of scientific studies on hypnosis that have established the effectiveness of hypnosis in the management of mental health and chronic pain problems. Trials performed in this country, however, are divided pretty much fifty-fifty on the efficacy of hypnosis for these diseases.

There seems to be a discrimination for recommending the effectiveness of hypnosis in Asia and a discrimination against hypnosis in the U.S. Even excellent random/controlled research on hypnosis done in the U.S.,where a gain in hypnosis treatment are seen have been questioned and the results contested.

Experts in the field are prompt to explain that stage hypnosis (where hypnosis is made into a performance and the person on stage is made to do something that they are not aware of), is nothing like true hypnosis. These experts point out that real hypnosis does not involve a performance of an action that is in opposition to our free will but that it does include a trance that is only achieved through hypnosis. Several hypnotist say that, for mysterious reasons, many people with ADD including Inattentive ADD, are more readily hypnotized then people without this problem and, as that children are more hypnotizable than older individuals.

There exist several distinct approaches to hypnosis including a kind of hypnosis called Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP that employs words to bring about a hypnotic psychological state. This sort of hypnosis has achieved a great amount of popularity since it was initially created in the early 1970s. An alternate form of widely known hypnosis is self hypnosis where digital content and/or affirmations are used to help you get into a hypnotic trance.

A special method of hypnosis, where the patient is alert and their eyes are open, is called Instantaneous Neuronal Activation Procedure (INAP). This sort of active-alert hypnosis may possibly be as useful as trance hypnosis in treating certain health problems.

Several trials, reported in esteemed journals, have shown improvement in signs and symptoms for ailments such as Tourette's syndrome, headaches, stress disorders, chronic pain and depression using different methods of hypnosis. Research studies that have attempted to clarify how hypnosis makes better the signs and symptoms of these disorders, have determined that hypnosis, not unlike meditation, yoga and exercise, can assist the symptoms of these disorders by normalizing abnormalities in the ACTH-beta-endorphin functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

A lot of psychologist regularly utilize hypnosis successfully in their medical practices but I haven't found any actual research trials that documented the positive developments of hypnosis in remedying the symptoms of Inattentive ADD or ADHD. So can hypnosis help inattention, Inattentive ADD or ADHD? Many more research trials are needed to respond to that subject. The response for right now seems to be, possibly.

Tess Messer is a Physician Assistant expert on Inattentive ADD. For your copy of a free self hypnosis MP3 visit: [Primarily Inattentive ADD]

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