![]() The amygdala is thought of as the fear center of the brain, but actuallyĪll emotion is processed by it. The limbic system consists of several areas of the brain, namely, the amygdala, the hippocampus, the cingulate cortex and the hypothalamus. I think it would be helpful to review that information here, so that we can bring this whole concept forward. In her excellent book, “Wired for Healing: Remapping the Brain to Recover from Chronic and Mysterious Illnesses”, Annie puts forth a very clear explanation of what the limbic system is, and how it fits into our understanding of its role in contributing to the persistence of chronic inflammatory illnesses. I have found that these highly sensitive patients often need to spend several months quieting down their nervous system, using several approaches (which I detail in my new book, see below), but the most effective has been the DNRS program. This has been most dramatic for those who are the most sensitive: those who are “stuck” in a state of reactivity such that virtually anything they take, be it a supplement, medication, even a homeopathic remedy, sets them back for days or weeks, before they can even get back to their compromised situation to try again. (I can’t say that about very many treatment programs.) Benefits range from good to superb, with obvious improvement noted within the first month or two of practice, and continuing to improve with time. At this point, I have now had somewhere between 150-200 of my patients use this program, and it has almost always been extremely useful. Specifically, those individuals with mold toxicity, Lyme disease with its coinfections, other infections, other toxicities, and/or viral and parasitic infections. As my experience with sensitive patients evolved, I began to realize that limbic dysfunction/inflammation was far more common than I had appreciated, and I started recommending this for more and more of my patients with chronic inflammatory illness. Sensitive patients quiet down their out-of-control reactive nervous systemsĪnd almost all of them were able to move forward in their treatment after using the DNRS program for 4-6 weeks. I, too, found this program to be of great value in helping my most This program was being taught, by Annie Hopper for the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and Butch Schrader, MD, who developed LDA, had found it really useful in getting his most sensitive patients started. When I first started recommending Annie Hopper’s DNRS (Dynamic Neural Retraining System) 6 or 7 years ago, it was primarily, if not exclusively, in the service of treating patients with MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities). HOW A DYSFUNCTIONAL LIMBIC SYSTEM IMPACTS CHRONIC ILLNESS ![]()
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