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Personal EEG machine
Fri, 03/11/2011 - 13:53Topic: Creative Corner
I think it would be cool to have my own EEG machine so I could monitor my brainwaves at home. Of course I would still see a doctor, but I think a personal EEG could be helpful for me. I have TLE and sometimes my seizures cause intense anxiety and I always think I am dying from a stroke or what not. I think that being able to see the seizure may make the whole experience less terrifying. I don't know where I could purchase a machine or if it would even be financially reasonable. Does anybody have any ideas on where I could find one for a reasonable cost or if this is even a good idea? Thanks for the input.
EpiBot
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Re: Personal EEG machine
Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Sat, 2011-03-12 - 01:04
Hi EpiBot,
I use to be more active in Amateur Radio, and was long ago building now old out-dated vacuum-tube Heathkit transmitters.
The temptation to play with EEGs at near $10,000, gives me the temptation to build modular ones out of much cheaper assemblies, or even cheaper rag-tag parts, on a more feasible financial basis. Modified toys with a streak of great luck might give me crude results. A search on ebay for eeg did have a wide 300 results, with many medical restrictions.
I've also thought about the bold inverse trial and error technique of using transducers to induce patterned resonance seizures, then make the major assumption that the pattern that induces a seizure catastrophe, gives strong clues of the causal pattern of experienced seizures. For instance,if my complex seizures match the induced sensations of a pre-recorded pattern of "Out-Of-Body Experiences" EMF stimulation, what are the possibilities of correlations with the EEG during the similar results from a seizure? (That might be more than a CYA warning, for warning not to be used with epilepsy at: http://www.shaktitechnology.com/winshakti/rotating/shakti_obe.htm )
(For me, T Meditation often makes my seizures worse).
Hopefully, thinking about our own brain waves isn't illegal in the USA, but thinking about many parts of Prime Number Theory in the USA, is technically illegal.
Tadzio
With Warning: http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/WARNING.html
http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/modeeg/modeeg.html
(Google Chrome Web Browser translates from German to English moderately well for parts) http://www.mindfield.de/produkte/mindmaster-eeg/zubehoer-zum-mindmaster-eeg.html
http://www.olimex.com/gadgets/index.html
Re: Personal EEG machine
Submitted by EpiBot on Sat, 2011-03-12 - 17:41
I actually looked into building an EEG through the instructions on the OpenEEG project. But then I decided it would probably be a death wish for someone with my electrical expertise, or lack thereof, to build a machine I would attach to my head.
Re: Personal EEG machine
Submitted by EpiBot on Sat, 2011-03-12 - 17:47
It is a bit more complicated than what I had in mind but I am glad you posted it. It is a very interesting gadget. I would be interested in hearing how it works out for you.