ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia
and other Learning Difficulties

Parents and their teens and young adults have often struggled for years with these issues. Many adults have lived their whole life not realizing that there is a solution. The results of BIT are reflected in the following stories that clients have taken the time to share.

Client Stories…

Jennifer – Teen ADD

Jennifer was unable to pass the AIMs in math and was in danger of not graduating with her class. Her mom is a pediatric nurse practitioner who was initially more than a little skeptical about BIT. She described her 17 year old daughter as “a slow learner who needs lots of repetition and gets frustrated and overwhelmed because of how super hard she has to work”. After several conversations with Lynn, her mom decided to give BIT a try despite her skepticism. This is what she had to say a semester later:

Jennifer had Brain Integration in August of 2013. Fall semester was the best she has had for many years. She had all As in the first quarter, which is amazing – even in algebra, where her test scores were sometimes Ds and Fs, which she had to rely on homework to pull up to a C. She is now doing so much better on her tests – her first math test after BIT she got an A+. She used to study so hard and with a lot of help from me, hours almost every night, and now studying is so much easier and she has been doing it without any assistance from me – I have been totally uninvolved!

When I asked her a few months in to the semester how it was going, Jennifer said,
“Now I can read something once and remember it – before I read it multiple times and didn’t remember it.”

The really big news is that she passed AIMS in math! The last time she tried before BIT she scored “Falls Far Below” the requirement. We were hoping that this time she would score “Approaches” the requirement, and instead she scored “Meets” the requirement fully.

Now she can celebrate knowing that she will graduate with her class. I am so thankful that we did this.”

Anonymous – Brain Injury, ADHD, PTSD

This college student prefers to remain anonymous. She had many different issues when she arrived for Brain Integration, and here reports some of the changes she observed.

After experiencing brain integration with Dr. Leu, I experienced multiple shifts in my life. I had been diagnosed with dyslexia, a couple concussions, and suspected ADHD. I came to Dr. Leu in hopes for help with all of those things, but mostly for my situational depression that I had been experiencing after a traumatic experience. Brain integration made me feel at peace with my reality and with what had happened. I no longer hold the event in the present. Dr. Leu helped my brain to understand that it is in the past. I also saw a huge improvement in my ability to remember what I read, and to memorize what I need to, and to recall numbers and how to spell words. I have always struggled to do things like keep my room clean. After brain integration I have been able to do this much more successfully!”

Trisha Anderson – Adult ADD

Trisha is a single working mom who has struggled with ADD all of her life. She is now going back to college to take the classes needed to begin nursing school. She described herself as having “the worst memory ever,” being impulsive and impatient, and being unable to concentrate. Watch her video interview and read her letter below. Be sure to see her updates after the letter.

Dear Lynn,

It has been three weeks since I came to see you for Brain Integration Technique, and I’m doing great! I’m remembering everything. It is amazing at school because now everything is so easy. Before it was like I was reading assignments in a foreign language, and nothing stuck – I couldn’t remember anything. Shortly after BIT I studied for a big test in my Biology class, which I had been finding very difficult, and I scored extremely high on the multiple choice section and did amazingly well on the three essays and got a total score of 106 out of 111 – the second highest grade in the whole class.

The changes at work are amazing, too! My great friend and boss, an attorney, had of course noticed my exceedingly poor memory before BIT, and immediately after BIT she was so surprised that I was remembering everything. She sees a huge difference, including that I’m a lot calmer and don’t get freaked out anymore by difficult things happening in my life.

I’m doing extremely well at remaining calm and being able to concentrate on anything I need to pay attention to. Before I couldn’t even watch a 30 minute TV show without jumping up every 5 minutes to do something else that would have popped into my mind. I took my girls to the pool last week, and normally I would be really restless and impatient after 30 minutes. Instead I sat calmly and concentrated for two solid hours on my notes from class.

I’m noticing changes in my emotional control, too. I used to argue with my Dad every time we got together, and this has always bothered me. The other day I spent three hours helping him put together a greenhouse. I was able to easily follow the instructions and concentrate and think logically, and when he and I would not agree on something, instead of blowing up, I’d calmly bring his attention to the directions. We didn’t have a single conflict in three whole hours. This is truly a first.

I feel like a changed person! I feel more complete and am able to think with more clarity than ever before.

Trisha Anderson

A Month Later:

Trisha sent me a text to let me know that on her next big exam she scored 125 out of 126 and had the top grade in her class, AND that this formerly challenged speller got a bonus point for correctly spelling Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide!

One Year Later:

Trisha let me know that she is still the top student in all of her classes – she had literally gone from the bottom to the top and stayed there. She also received a significant promotion at work. And she accomplished these things while successfully dealing with difficult issues in her personal life.

Seven years later:

More evidence that BIT doesn’t “wear off” in this text from Trisha, seven years after BIT.

Hi Lynn! It’s Trisha!

I just drove past you on my way home and thought I would give you an update. I am getting my Masters in science in management and leadership and I started November 1. I am proud to say that I have just about worked through my entire masters degree program which is supposed to be two years in a record-breaking time of four months. I will complete my capstone next month and will walk for graduation in California on May 2nd. And I did this while working full-time +6 to 10 hours of overtime a week.

I’m going to buy my first home this year and I have plans to start my doctoral degree in health science next year.

Trisha

 
Nine years later:

Another update from Trisha, who has come such a long way from her academic struggles before BIT!

Hello Lynn,

I wanted to check in and give you a little update. I have started my doctoral degree in Organizational and Industrial Psychology and it has been just 12 weeks and I have already started my sixth course! I’m having to write massive amounts of papers and do lots of research each week and I’m loving the program! I wanted to share with you this picture of my writing statistics for the month of July and I have almost written 200,000 words in under four weeks. With a high level of mastery and the usage of unique words. Soon, I will be in organizational psychologist!”

Nathan Wasserman – Young Adult ADD

Nathan came for Brain Integration Technique early in his junior year of college. He had struggled through high school and so far in college with reading comprehension, completing projects, keeping things organized, and concentrating. He described himself as impulsive, and said that he had difficulty making decision because “I feel like my head has been filled with cotton. All the cylinders fire, but mass confusion ensues when a decision needs to be made.”

Two months after BIT, Nathan said he was doing really well and that he was having a good semester. He was planning ahead on homework, and not procrastinating. His reading comprehension was “through the roof” and he could remember details days later. Nathan said his impulsivity was pretty much gone, and that his decision making and organizational skills were for the first time supporting him in his school work and his life.

People often ask if Brain Integration Technique lasts. Here is a letter from Nathan’s mom, sent about two years later:

May 24, 2012

Dear Lynn,

Nathan asked me to send a college graduation announcement to you. We all feel that you made a significant positive difference in his life, and we wanted to share this happy news with you.

The dramatic changes that happened in him because of Brain Integration Technique, like being more organized, increased reading comprehension, and less seasonal depression, were instrumental in helping him achieve this important milestone. We have all noticed how he was able to complete his last couple of years of schooling with much greater joy and less struggle than he would have otherwise. I am still amazed at how he stayed on top of his assignments, often enthusiastically completing them well ahead of the deadlines.

BIT didn’t “wear off”. On the contrary, I have seen it manifest in new and different way as Nathan matured and new challenges came into his life. It is truly a part of him.

Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for your remarkable talent and the life-changing gift you brought into Nathan’s life.

Most sincerely,

Carol

Greg Raskin – Adult ADD

Greg Raskin is a businessman (owner of Raskin’s Jewelers) who saw the changes in his son after BIT and decided that he wanted to address his own adult ADD. Here are his comments two months after BIT:

This is a whole new world! My work world used to be chaotic, last minute. Now I don’t feel pressure, since I can easily categorize and prioritize what needs to be done, and then do one thing at a time. No more waking up at 4am feeling like I need to get in to work early to try to catch up. I can use logic to focus, to pay attention. My memory for details and reading comprehension is awesome. This is a new way of thinking. My confidence level has skyrocketed. And all this without ADD medication, which I stopped taking the first day of BIT.

Ashley – Teen PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury

When Ashley was removed from a severely abusive and neglectful family at age three, she was non-verbal and suffering from traumatic brain injury. With her new, loving Mom, who works with special needs children, she made considerable progress. Still, when she came for BIT at age 12, she was still struggling with developmental delays in all areas, especially speech, which despite special services at school made school stressful both academically and socially. She was very withdrawn and her Mom had difficulty getting her out of the car for BIT or any other new experience. Her therapist warned me that she was likely to close down to a degree that she would be unable to participate in the BIT process.

The changes in Ashley by the end of the two days of BIT were dramatic. By the final afternoon she was gleefully spelling six and seven letter words backwards and reading fluently with high comprehension. When we worked on marching, she went from confused, embarrassed and clumsy to being able to march with good form and rhythm while doing several other things at once.

Her Mom told Lynn at the end of the second day:

I spent the afternoon fighting back tears of joy and amazement at how she literally transformed before my eyes. It was SO much more than I thought possible.

A month after BIT:

Ashley’s Mom called Lynn to say that she was thrilled with the continuing daily behavioral changes – that Ashley was much more assertive and engaged, that her organizational skills were way up, that she was actually “industrious”, and not so upset when things didn’t go her way.

Now she can let things go – stop perseverating. I keep saying “Oh my gosh, she’s never done THIS before”. She’s also more affectionate. And in situations where she used to fall apart and become highly reactive and intense, she is staying calm and matter of fact. I find myself tensing up, anticipating the old reactions, and they aren’t there. Sometimes I feel like I have a new kid.

Here’s an example. We went to McDonald’s and ordered our food from a disinterested teen-age cashier. When our food arrived, Ashley’s hamburger had mushrooms on it. In the past, Ashley would have gotten quite upset and asked me to fix the situation. I would have taken her with me back to the cashier and asked her to tell the cashier what the problem was, and she would have refused to speak. Here’s what happened after BIT. Ashley saw that her hamburger had mushrooms. She calmly put the bun back on the hamburger, got up without saying a word, took her hamburger over to the same cashier, told her the problem, waited for her new hamburger, walked back to the table, and started eating her hamburger. All without saying a word.

Ashley’s therapist told her Mom that while historically Ashley spoke very little in her sessions and avoided early memories, in the first session after BIT Ashley made good eye contact and talked willingly for the whole hour about memories from “the bad times.” Several weeks later she stopped taking medication for anxiety. Stewart, the therapy cat, who used to avoid Ashley, started sleeping in her lap during her sessions.

Six years later:

Ashley graduated from Prescott High School!

Andy – Teen ADD

My name is Andy and I am a 19 year old college baseball player. Before BIT, I had trouble with focusing in general, motivation, comprehension, and I lacked confidence. I also was very shy, had trouble remembering directions, and I blamed others instead of taking responsibility for my own actions.

After BIT, almost all of those problems turned around. I have much more focus in the classroom and on the baseball field. My mind doesn’t wander off anymore like it used to. My time management has significantly improved. I am able to accomplish all of the work that needs to be done in a set amount of time, without worrying about getting distracted and losing my motivation. My coach gave me plenty of opportunities to succeed this past season, because he knows that now I can handle the pressure of almost any game situation. I am no longer timid or shy; I speak my mind without worrying about what others are thinking. I have much better reading comprehension and I can remember things off the top of my head about ten times better than I could before BIT. My organizational skills have also significantly improved. I am no longer just throwing everything in piles in my room and baseball locker; I take the time out of the day to organize and arrange my things so it is much easier to find everything. Another thing that has improved is my relationships with my family, friends, and teammates. It is very obvious that something changed with me and it is definitely for the better.

I am very thankful to Mrs. Fields and BIT, because without it I would still be the same old Andy who had trouble with many areas of his life.

Robert Zieve, MD – Adult ADD

Robert Zieve is a gifted physician who was having trouble staying focused and completing tasks. He recognized that he had to work harder than his colleagues did, and he often felt overwhelmed. With his advanced training in chronic neurological disorders, he saw good results from Brain Integration Technique, and he was hopeful that it could be beneficial for many of his patients. He came for Brain Integration to find out more and to see if it could help him overcome his own difficulties.

After Brain Integration, it was much easier for him to concentrate and stay focused. He did not feel overwhelmed, and he was less impulsive. He was able to budget time more easily. His ability to multi-task and to stay on point in a conversation greatly increased.

Here are his comments two months after he completed Brain Integration:

My first morning of Brain Integration I kept asking myself what I was doing here. But by the middle of the first day, I started feeling shifts and started having fun, which continued throughout the second day. Now I notice that I catch myself right away when my mind starts jumping around, which makes it easy to concentrate and stay focused.

I am more organized and I don’t leave things hanging. I have a different relationship with time – I can budget time more easily and I don’t feel overwhelmed. While I can still be spontaneous and playful, I’m not impulsive. And my reading comprehension improved significantly, which made me realize how much harder I have had to work than most people do to compensate for this, especially during college and medical school.

Overall, I’d say that I feel more cohesive. By that, I mean that I can move fluidly from one thing to another in a way I couldn’t do before. I can stay focused on the main point without getting lost on some interesting branch. For example, I moderate a weekly radio show, and I have really noticed how easy I now find it to have a fast paced, multi-faceted conversation with a guest and still be able to bring the conversation back to the central theme of the show for my listeners.

I would highly recommend Brain Integration for anyone who has difficulty with learning, organizing time, thinking clearly, and remembering the often significant volumes of reading material that many of us need to digest in our lives. Brain Integration moves us much higher up the ladder of having healthy functioning brains.

I found Dr. Leu to be a highly effective and supportive practitioner. She made this experience fun, interesting, and encouraging.

Michelle – Teen ADHD & PTSD

Michelle came for BIT at age 15 for PTSD and severe ADHD for which she was unable to take medication because of side effects. She has had extreme learning difficulties and behavioral issues all of her life. She is currently in therapeutic foster care.

This is what her therapeutic foster parent had to say about school six weeks after BIT:

If I had to choose one word, it would be “amazing”. There have been amazing changes at school. Her teachers have congratulated her, and have a very different attitude about her now. In the past, she couldn’t really concentrate or actually do the work, so they didn’t really grade her – if she just stayed in class, they passed her. Two days after BIT I started getting calls from her teachers, one of whom said “What happened to her? I don’t even know who she is!”Within six weeks she brought all of her F’s up to B’s. And I haven’t had to go to a single teacher’s conference since BIT, compared to 4-5 per month before. Michelle told me that she feels “normal” for the first time. She has stopped saying “I’m a loser”, and sees that she doesn’t need to be quirky to get attention.

This is what Michelle herself had to say about eight weeks after BIT:

As far as school goes, it’s the best thing ever. I can focus really well. Teachers are complimenting me. I can really understand math – I’m getting a B instead of an F. I’m enjoying reading books that I like and actually remembering what I read. For the first time in my life, I like myself!

Susan – Adult Dyslexia

Susan came for BIT at age 60 because of significant learning difficulty that had made both school and life challenging, and the news that BIT had corrected similar issues for her sister. Susan works as a cake decorator at a large Fry’s in Phoenix, and while she is quite artistic, she struggled to remember people’s names long enough to write them on a cake, or keep in mind the design for the border, or understand how to place orders for the department. Six weeks after BIT, here are her comments:

I’ve had really big changes since BIT – it was worth every penny. For starters, I now know my left from my right, which has always been a problem. Decorating cakes is so much easier – I can remember the border patterns, and I don’t have to look twelve times anymore to remind myself how to spell the name I’m writing on the cake. And I hear and think better at work. My new manager asked me to order all of the products for our department while he went on vacation. I had not been able to do this in the past, despite repeated and detailed directions from my previous managers. It was just too complicated. My new manager gave me a very cursory overview of how to do it before he left, and this time everything just snapped into place. It was shockingly easy the first time. Now I am the official back up for my manager, which is nice for the whole department.

My house is finally clean and uncluttered. Now I keep everything neat and organized and it stays that way – I’ve de-cluttered my closets and drawers. Reading is easier, and I can remember what I read. I have less trouble with driving and finding my way. I’ve joined some social things, and I am getting going on things I’ve wanted to do for a long time, like Weight Watchers. Now it is easier to follow through.

Best of all, I’m happy! I’m definitely more cheerful and more confident. I feel good about a whole lot of things. BIT is the most wonderful thing – saving people’s lives one person at a time. I’m just pleased in every way. I can’t say enough. I notice that I want to contribute more to life now.

PS: I love the atmosphere you’ve created in your office. It is so warm and welcoming, and with such beautiful views – the perfect situation for feeling comfortable.

Two years later, here is an update from Susan:

Dear Lynn,

Hope all is well with you. I have thought of you so often since you gave me the tools to change my life. I actually have started singing all the time like I did as a kid. Plus I have lost 30 lbs – I remember you saying that Brain Integration could help me be able to keep weight off. Thanks a Million.

Susan Z.

Ashleigh Enriquez – Young Adult Significant Learning Difficulties

Ashleigh was in her early 20’s when she came to see Lynn. When tested to qualify for special assistance for students with learning disabilities, the testing psychologists found that she had a very slow processing speed (two standard deviations below her full scale IQ), significant struggles with written expression, and enormous challenges with rote memory.

For me, BIT made things easy that used to be very difficult. All my life I have struggled (successfully) with a learning disability that affected learning memory and reading skills. I understood the definition of words but couldn’t recognize them when I saw them in a book. Spelling even simple words was virtually impossible, as was learning a foreign language.

Now it all just works, and I can’t even remember why I was confused to begin with. It’s like an “ah ha” moment when everything just clicks. And I was able to “clear” a number of emotional memories that used to bring a lot of anxiety into my life. Now I still remember that these things happened, but they have lost their power to ruin my day or take control of my mind or body.

Five Years Later:

Since Brain Integration five years ago, I have finished my Master’s in Health Promotion Management from American University, spent a year in Namibia, Africa, teaching science, math and health to children, and am now living and working in Washington, DC. All of the changes I wrote about five years ago have continued- brain integration definitely lasts!

The most profound thing is that I still feel that in order to talk about or even notice the changes, I have to think very hard or else have someone point them out to me. That is because all the things that changed now feel so natural- they are my “new normal”.

My favorite feeling is being able to let go of emotional trauma. I can still get riled up about something from the past, but when I decide I am done, I can actually be done, rather than have the feeling take over my day or my week. I wish for everyone the same sense of natural ease in using a capable integrated brain for academic work and life, and the freedom of having emotional control. For anyone searching for this, I recommend Prescott Brain Integration!

Lynne – Adult Learning Challenges

Lynne is a 59-year-old woman who came from Seattle for BIT because she saw the changes it had made for her daughter. Trained as a scientist, Lynne has always been logic (left brain) dominant and has had very little access to her Gestalt (right brain). She has had to “work around” her learning challenges. Here are her comments six weeks later:

I’m doing really well. I’m reading like crazy – it’s lots easier. In the past when I would sit down to read I would become restless and uncomfortable. If it was late at night I would fall asleep after one page. Now when I read I feel very calm like I could sit still for hours. Even when I am tired I stay awake and read many pages. Best of all I enjoy it and I really remember what I read. The other day I was at a mother/daughter meeting and someone started quoting something from an article and I said no, that’s not what it said, and then I rattled on and on about what the article actually said. Everyone was amazed, including me.

Now I can remember phone numbers and not reverse digits. I often used to have to dial a number three times before I got it right, which was frustrating. Now I just look at the number and I can remember all seven digits and dial them correctly. And it is so much easier to do paperwork. Most of my working life I did laboratory work… no problem there. There are a lot of procedures when doing laboratory work to keep you from flipping things around and mixing things up. But this is not the case when I did office work. I would become easily confused and stressed out… like writing this testimonial. This would have taken me weeks to do and would have been extremely short and to the point. In fact you might have never heard from me again. Now when I sit down to do paper work I am much more relaxed and get through it easily and efficiently. I didn’t realize how hard things had been until they stopped being hard.

Having access to both sides of my brain and not just logic is really making a big difference. Now my intuition is available to me. I’m seeing the big picture, and have the ability to see what is a good decision. In the past I did not trust my judgment and tried to make all my decisions using just logic. This is very difficult and as you get older it is virtually impossible to operate that way. I’m also enjoying simple things like sitting outside and watching the birds. It’s like the first time I really saw them, or the way the sun came through the trees – there is a whole part of the world out there that I was not even seeing, much less relating to.

I’m having more fun, and not dragging my childhood history around with me the way I was. I feel like I have a real life as a whole person. I’m making more jokes and laughing more. My social life has changed, in that I’m easier to be with and people talk to me more. I’m more in touch with what is fun for me to do with my husband and family.

Sinking College-Aged Boys

The following client story could have been written by the parents of many college age clients – especially young men – who found high school increasingly too difficult and who dropped out of college because it was more than they could manage. They then tried and failed in the job market, even at minimum wage jobs. They became discouraged, if not depressed, and saw little hope for the future. Their parents tried many approaches that didn’t help, and were feeling out of options. Then they came for Brain Integration, and saw dramatic change. Here is a typical example. These parents prefer to be anonymous, but they speak for many others.

As parents in the medical fields we were concerned that medications may have been our only hope for our son suffering from depression. After high school he struggled and withdrew from NAU his freshman year. Then he withdrew from Yavapai College. After some low level jobs he eventually sunk into a withdrawn depressive state.

Luckily we found Prescott Brain Integration. We now realize that his issues were largely due to undiagnosed learning difficulties that were making school and life very difficult. He was treated by Lynn Leu in December 2015 and has returned to himself. He now is working in a job with potential and attending Yavapai College. His thought process is greatly improved and his attitude is fantastic. He says “I’m back!”

Thank you Lynn.

Steve – Adult ADD & Aspergers

Steve is a mature man with an ADD and Aspergers diagnosis. He came for brain integration because of the issues he was having in graduate school and in his marriage. Here is what his wife had to say a month later:

It’s been a month since Steve had his treatment. I could see the difference in him immediately, but the change was so dramatic I wasn’t sure it would last. Steve’s struggle with graduate school now is in the normal range of “this is a pain,” rather than “I have no idea how to do this” accompanied by panic and self-defeating behavior. He is organized and better at multi-tasking than I am. His ability to think globally and his memory have improved markedly. He has great patience with himself and he has been doing things around the house in organized, methodical ways instead of ignoring the chores or complaining. All this is on top of his improved reading comprehension and writing abilities. Not only that, but our relationship is getting better because he demonstrates empathy that he didn’t express before. The best part is that his self-esteem is increasing with each day he experiences success. He still has Asperger’s, of course, but many of the symptoms we attributed to that disorder have disappeared. Thank you so much for helping him, Lynn. I don’t have the words to tell you what it has meant to me…and to him.

 

Annie – Teen Dyslexia

Annie was a high school junior at the time she came for BIT. She had been diagnosed in fourth grade with dyslexia and possibly other learning difficulties and was having considerable problems in all of her classes. Here is her report two months later:

The biggest change from brain integration is that I can read without my eyes jumping around, and I can remember what I read. Besides this, my focus is much better – I can concentrate without difficulty. And I can listen well, even when I am taking notes. Before if I tried to take notes I couldn’t listen. I am doing much better in all of my classes. Chemistry had been the hardest – I was failing every test and now I just got a B on the hardest test of the year. I get assignments in on time now – in fact I don’t procrastinate about anything these days. Also I am much better at studying for and taking tests. All of my teachers have noticed and commented on these changes. I’m feeling confident. I’m so glad I did this!

p.s. I also got over some big fears, like swimming in deep water when I can’t see the bottom.

 

Anonymous Older Man – ADD/ADHD

A very successful professional man who prefers to remain anonymous had this to say after his appointment:

For me BIT has been transformational. Now my mind is functioning on 16 cylinders and with significant clarity. At the same time there is an incredible quietness in my head – no background chatter for the first time in my life. I am calm, with a pronounced sense of happiness and well-being. I can prioritize easily, and can follow through on completing tasks.When I play scrabble, now I can see the whole board at once and know what my options are. Reading is phenomenal. I read a lot in my profession, and to have gone from 30% comprehension to 95% comprehension means no re-reading, means getting it the first time, easily. I have a wider and more appropriate response to life in general. I am more expressive, and more able to speak up about what does and does not work for me in my relationships. My physical balance is greatly improved – an unexpected bonus – which has given me a longer and more sure stride. All in all, on a 1-10 scale, BIT for me was a 25.”