Hemi-Sync® Journal 1990-1 (Winter)

H E M I - S Y N C A N D M U LT I P L E SCLEROSIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH Vol. VIII Winter1990 No. 1 MRS. TRICIA BLILEY A Publication of The Monroe Institute TheMULTIPLE folowingSCLEROSIS: general inform Aation is gleGuide Self-Help aned ftor m Its Professional Division Management by Judy Graham [Thorsons Publishers, Inc., Rochester, VT, 1984]. The disease known as multiple sclerosis (MS) causes damage in widely scattered areas of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The "white matter" of the central nervous system consists of nerve fibers which carry messages from the sense organs to the brain and from the brain to the muscles. It is also the "wiring" of the brain itself. MS attacks and destroys the insulating myelin sheath surrounding each nerve fiber, causing "short circuits" between the nerve pathways and addi tional interference as a result of scleroses (scar tissue) deposited when the body attempts to heal the damage. The disease consists of unpredictable periodic attacks (exacerbations) of indeterminate duration. Exacerba tions can be triggered by extremely hot temperatures and excessive stress. In the periods of remission be tween these episodes, damaged areas may heal com pletely, partially, or not at all. Thus, the patient is never certain how much of an affected sense or function may be regained. MS can be very mild or severely disabling. Symptoms include a characteristic, pervasive fatigue, muscle tremor and spasticity, loss of balance, "pins and need les" neuralgia or definite pain in various parts of the body, urinary incontinence and constipation, and In This Issue blurred vision. Areas of the body may "go numb." A dis turbed sleep cycle and depression may also exist in vary Hemi-Sync and Multiple Sclerosis: An Interview with Mrs. Tricia Bliley 1 ing degrees. The etiology of MS is uncertain. Genetic and immune Facing the challenges of MS, Tricia system deficits are suspected components. An allergic Bliley divscusses her use of Hemi- involvement is also a possiblity. (Recent research [cited Sync as a resource for managing her in a 1989 AP wire service article] suggests a possible health. link with the human T-lymphotropic virus, HTLV-I, which is similar to the AIDS virus). If this latter finding Hemi-Sync in Conjunction with Nitrous- is confirmed, it could open new avenues of treatment. Oxide-Oxygen Conscious Sedation . .3 MS is presently regarded as incurable. Anti-inflam Robert C. Davis. D.M.D., reports on his use of Hemi-Sync to reduce fear matory medications such as prednisone and ACTH may and anxiety associated with pain give some relief. Adequate rest and regular and dental treatment. physiotherapy or exercise according to the patient's abilities are necessary. Some encouraging results have 5 also been obtained by strict adherence to a healthy, Hemi-Sync and Psychotherapy high-fiber, low-fat diet rich in essential fatty acids Dwight Eaton, Th.D., Ph.D., (EFAs) and supplemented with vitamins, minerals, and addi presents three cases from his tional EFAs derived from evening primrose oil. application of Hemi-Sync in private In February 1989, and on several occasions in October practice. 1989,1 spoke with Tricia Bliley in her home in central Vir 8 ginia. Since January 1988, Tricia has integrated the H- PLUS Hemi-Sync tapes into her resources for managing multiple sclerosis. © 1990 The Monroe Institute Route 1, Box 175, Faber, VA 22938 804/361-1252 HEMI-S YNC JOURNAL HSJ - Tricia, I appreciate your taking the time to talk HSJ - Would you describe how you have used them and with me and discuss your experiences in using H-PLUS some of the results? and other Hemi-Sync tapes to deal with the challenge of Tricia - Let me say, first, that in addition to the initial Multiple Sclerosis. Just to give the readers some back ground, when was the disease first diagnosed and what symptoms I had begun to have problems with bladder con were the first symptoms? trol and trouble sleeping. Also, the aches and pains had to be dealt with anew each day. As a consequence, I ex Tricia - In April of 1986, I began to notice a tingling in perienced some pretty drastic depression and mood my right arm and experienced some lower back pain. swings (almost to the extent of paranoia). For a while I Chiropractic and other treatment didn't give me any felt like a failure with H-PLUS because I hadn't been able relief. Finally, in October 1986, extensive diagnostic pro to use it to heal the MS. cedures confirmed that I had multiple sclerosis. HSJ - And now? HSJ - Did other symptoms develop? Tricia - What I've realized is that the Functions have been Tricia - Yes, overwhelming fatigue, blurred vision, diges very effective in dealing with and giving varying degrees of tive system upsets, and a ''pins and needles" sort of relief from day-to-day symptoms. neuralgia over my whole body. HSJ - In what particular ways? HSJ - ^^at was the initial treatment approach? Tricia - Restorative Sleep has been really helpful. Just Tricia - I took the anti-inflammatory drug prednisone in giving the Function Command can start me yawning 1986 and started on a high-fiber, low-fat diet with EFA (usually I combine it with Tune-Up). De-Tax: Body is a (essential fatty acid) supplementation a year later. favorite. I focus on body, mind, spirit, and aura while doing the Command and really feel a clearing effect. Im HSJ - What were the results? munizing and De-Tox: Body helped me through a couple of colds. Symptoms didn't seem as bad and they didn't Tricia - Diet seemed to help the digestive problems some, seem to last as long. Using the Functions may have kept but side effects from the prednisone were almost worse MS symptoms from getting worse then, too. During one than the MS. exacerbation. Light Foot helped to get and keep me walk HSJ - How did you come to consider the Hemi-Sync tech ing. Short Fix is another standby. I focus on the area of nology as an adjunct to treatment? pain and give the Command. Frequently, the pain will fade or disappear but I usually have to do the Command Tricia -1 learned of the Institute through a cousin who is more than once. I keep Contemplation "on board" —it a friend of Nancy McMoneagle, the director. When I makes me aware of what I do all the time. Generally, I use called Nancy to discuss the possibility of coming to a the Commands several times a day and precede whatever GATEWAY VOYAGE, she sent me a scholarship applica else I'm using with Relax. tion, and I wound up at the January 1988 VOYAGE. HSJ - Over time, have you investigated other treatments HSJ - What was the main value of that experience for or altered your approach to H-PLUSl you? Tricia - Yes, to both questions. I'm seizing every possible Tricia - Well, by that time I was having some trouble advantage in coping with MS. In March 1988 I went to a walking and the pain was pretty much unremitting. In a clinic in Germany to undergo some calcium injections. tape session experimenting with various out-of-body tech Since that time, I've exercised in the temperature-control- niques, while working on elevation up, I found there was led pool at the University of Virginia. Also, I've been no pain—for the first time in one and a half years. I knew receiving physical therapy to help maintain my muscle that relieving my pain was possible. tone. My husband, Michael, does range-of-motion exer