Biofeedback
 

I was wondering has anyone been to a biofeedback clinic and did it help or work for you? Thanks, Jan

I have done biofeedback. I was hoping it would help with my anxiety and the condition. During the session I was able to bring my anxiety down. You work on reducing your muscle tension and even contolling your temps. The problem for me was using it in everyday life. A lot I feel is the therapist who does it with you. Is this what you are speaking of?
If you have a chance I don't feel it can hurt and it may help you. From the many type of therapy I have tried I feel what works for one person does not another. For me my insurance does not cover so it gets very expensive. The last person I saw wanted to try hypnosis have you thought of that?
I hope you feel better

Thank you for your response, I think what I'm trying to ask is how accurate are their methods of diagnosing people? Jan

Depends--
 

--on what they're trying to diagnose.

Process, I think, they can determine pretty accurately with the proper equipment; i.e., whether one is undergoing an anxiety reaction, whether one has achieved a relaxation response, etc. The REASONS for these, though, would be much harder to discern, unless one was having a directly conditioned anxiety response to a particular stimulus--a phobia. (In fact, the most common use of biofeedback has been by behavioral psychotherapists in controlling phobic anxiety responses.)

One can develop a surprising degree of control over a lot of autonomic responsivity that many think is beyond conscious influence--blood pressure, body temperature, sweat response, adrenaline release--but it takes time and a good degree of concentration; the more distractions/multitasks are in the surrounding the environment, the more difficult this is to do.

I am confused what are you looking to get dx with? I never heard of it as a dx method for mental or physical but that is not to say it is not.

Idiopathic neuropathy
 

I have been diagnosed with idiopathic neuropathy I would like to know the cause so I was hoping biofeedback might help to make a diagnosis, I just don't know that much about how biofeedback works. Blessings, Jan

I am not an expert but biofeedback when I did at Cleveland Clinic and on my own with a therapist was used to help relax ones body, muscle tension, and temp control. All of which can help you either cope with your condition. Also when more relaxed and controlling your body it can in turn help pain. Or it can help other items such as sleep and digestion which in turn can help pain. This was similar of what I was told about acupuncture.
I just don't get how it would be used as dx but I could be wrong. You still may want to give it a try. It is expensive though if insurance does not cover