A Family’s Journey

In 2009, our prayers were answered, and our family was completed through the adoption of twin boys – just weeks after their first birthday. They were healthy, happy boys that slept well, ate well, and didn’t cry any more than one would expect from a one-year-old baby. We had limited knowledge of their medical history and their first year of life but knew that ADHD was prevalent on mom’s side of the family. In first grade, both boys were officially diagnosed with ADHD and began treatment with medication. In fifth grade, one of their diagnosis was changed from ADHD to dyslexia, and he ultimately learned how to manage his condition with little intervention from home or school.

The other continued to struggle with his ADHD and executive functioning. We were also aware that adoption can have a traumatic impact on a child’s nervous system and the emotional impact isn’t always outwardly evident. We periodically adjusted the medication, had limited success with talk therapy, and less success with support from school. It took its toll on the whole family. By 9 th grade, the therapist respectfully ‘quit’ us because we weren’t making any further progress, and we knew that the traditional classroom was no longer an option for his future academic success – so we enrolled him in a private school that catered to kiddos with learning differences. He finally found ‘his people’ and began to feel more confident in the classroom. But it still wasn’t enough. Every night was a stressful struggle to keep him on task – with both schoolwork and life’s daily activities. That’s when we discovered IASIS Microcurrent Neurofeedback. Though he was skeptical as any teenage boy would be, he agreed to give it a try. After the very first session, he shared with us…

“My entire life I’ve felt like there was constant static and noise in my head, and it’s all gone! I feel calmer, I can think more clearly, and everything seems brighter.”

From that point on, we saw an immediate change in his behavior and overall demeanor. His executive functioning skills improved, as did his grades. But more importantly, he was happier and more self-confident. These changes didn’t just change his life, they had a dramatic impact on our whole family. We chose not to share with the school that he had started this new treatment plan so that their feedback wasn’t biased. A month after he began we had our first parent-teacher conference. They wanted to know what had changed since the previous semester. He was no longer disrupting the other kids in class, he was engaged, and he was staying on top of his assignments – without our help.

Our son is now his Junior year and is no longer attending the private school. He’s happy. We’re happy. And we are forever grateful for the changes that IASIS MCN has brought to our family.