Got Zzzz's? Advanced Brain Training for Better Sleep.

"Insomnia sufferers and their doctors are both at a loss on how to correct restorative rest cycles", says David A. Mayen, Director of the Sleep Recovery Centers in Manhattan Beach, CA. "Even the best sleep medications just don't provide quality sleep. A patient can quickly become dependent on medications for sleep and when they stop taking the medications, the insomnia can end up worse than before. Although doctors mean well and truly want to provide quality care, they just don't know what else to do."

The majority of people simply have either an Underactive or Overactive Central Nervous System. Underactive types can sleep for 10, 12, even 14 hours per night and still wake up exhausted. Overactive types will suffer from ‘busy brain' when trying to fall sleep, toss and turn and will often wake up multiple times during the course of their nightly sleep cycle. Both types will rarely feel rested and refreshed when they get out of bed. Over time, unaddressed insomnia can lead to heart disease, immune problems and a loss of contentment and joy in one's life.

So what's the solution?

The human brain can actually be retrained with computer technology to optimize long term sleep quality. Two sensors are placed on the scalp, very much like sensitive microphones that listen in on the faint electrical signals on both left and right brain hemispheres. This data is then analyzed by software and suggested adjustments are fed back to the brain in the form of little skips and scratches embedded in headphone music.

A recent NeurOptimal ^TM survey conducted over eight years and 1.2 million session hours alleges an improvement rate of 83.3% for restored sleep, 84.4% for anxiety and panic problems and 81.6% for past traumas. All of which have a history of contributing to poor sleep.

Results for improved sleep can be seen in as little as three sessions. And, by the way, before you pass this off as new-age nonsense; be aware there's a whole department at UCLA devoted to this training technology. Brainwave training has been around for nearly 40 years now. It just hasn't gotten as much press attention as pharmaceuticals.....go figure!

"At Sleep Recovery Centers, we are more focused on producing results and empathetic client care, as opposed to herding as many people through the practice as possible. New clients are listened to and treated with dignity. Their exhausted, irritable and downright fed up with the lack of choices previously offered." says David Mayen. "The training works well with most people, but not everyone. If we don't see results within 3 sessions, there's no charge. And if their case proves to be more complicated, we refer them to a professional better suited to help. No one ever gets left behind".

Training sessions are performed during the day or early evening, last about 40 minutes and usually carry little to no side effects. Occasionally there is some mild agitation in the beginning stages of training, but usually dissipates within the first three sessions. Mayen seems to think this is just the brain's way of making sense of the training. Of the trainees interviewed for this article, all are still sleeping well six months or more after finishing the sleep recovery program.