Mindplace Procyon AVS System Light and Sound Meditation Mind Machine

I bought this in an interest to have more depth to my meditation practice, I would still consider myself a beginner even though I've been meditating with professional guidance for a few years on a near daily basis. I practice yoga near daily in a studio too. I was seeking this device to help with letting the mind un-think, almost like a baby's crib mobile to study and be curious of as I fell asleep.Ultimately I have to say that this quickly and very surprisingly helps me with one of the most traumatic parts of my life. I have suffered since early adolescence in waking up with severe panic attacks (usually stemming from night terrors) and have not been able to get relief from any other techniques or medications. Especially troubling because since they happen in my sleep, I cannot anticipate them coming on and they lead me to have a horrible start to my day at best, a debilitating and sometimes provoking a chain of unhealthy events that require professional help. Anyone who knows how tough this is to deal with can understand my pain and frustration merely from knowing something has taken so much power from your life and very little can be done to control it. Add on other psychosis, traumatic violent events, life dependent medications that alter mental state, and a brain injury, I have the makings of one big mess in my noggin!The first night I used this on the 60 minute setting for meditation, I quickly fell asleep and woke up feeling nice. I only woke in the middle of the night to remove the device. So this was a plus and I figured over time that I would slowly find that very real place of just letting my head rest and be still with a little less effort by using this machine. After a week, I realized that I had not one incident of panic attacks waking me up. I didn't know if this is from better rest or what but I continued using for the next couple weeks and again, there is an absence of troubling dreams and no panic attacks waking me! For whatever reason, this is not what I expected from this but I'm very happy to have finally found a solution. I did go a week without using the device and I did have a panic attack waking me but it wasn't as severe of symptoms. I stopped using it at night recently because my sleep has been disrupted by illnesses/medication and my sleep is not regular. The attacks returned but I haven't had the worst of them as before. Whether or not I could say this is a cure, I will leave that up to the user to decide. I certainly know for myself it is a major help and I feel dependent on this device now.Besides helping me function in that regard, I really had wanted this to help me with my cognitive functioning during the day. I'm still relying on repetition to the point of fatigue to work on that. I can't say that this helps me directly but I know if I am having better rest and that sleep problem is out of the way, eventually I should have some improvements. Working with regaining my cognitive functioning is an exercise in patience and being kind to myself more than anything. I do have some small victories and however small, they show an improvement. I'll keep on using this device along with my CBT because I think that I will see results that I might not see had I not used the machine.The other really cool thing I like about this is that it's a nice help with "resetting" when I have a problem with my OCD that I know will lead to an anxiety attack. It's a very nice "reset" button for me and I can do it in increments of 5 minutes at a time, which is nice. It's also nice to have some leisure time for myself and explore some of the different settings that visualize some wonderful lightshows.I've been using this on and off for about 4 months and last month I noticed that when I close my eyes to concentrate, I see the visual patterns. That tells me that some "programming" in my brain has been changed. I'm learning more about EMDR and will be planning to use it with related professional therapy soon. I don't know how much will be incorporated with this device but I will let my psychologist know that I use it at night to solve my panic attack issues. My current neuro team is far too focused on pushing medications or ignoring my complaints. I'm not willing to go that route without first trying natural remedies. Medications are a very small part of change, most of it comes from practice of good habits and I have been lucky to have a counselor now who works with me on that ideology. She was the one who recommended me to her colleague who has more experience with this. I hadn't intended to use the device as part of therapy and did not tell my therapist about the use of this machine out of a little bit of fear of being told to stop using it. After discussing, we're curious to see how EMDR would work for me knowing I have found that principle to aid in such a great way.I can't bear to give this less than 5 stars because of the result I had with one of my problems. It's not a fancy unit and I haven't learned to do much more than turn it on and scroll up to the setting I wish to use. I'm ok with that for now. I wish this had Bluetooth capable glasses and earbuds because I am untangling this every day no matter how careful I put it on or take it off. Especially would be helpful to not be wrapped in cords while I sleep! I don't know if they make a goggle style headset for use with this device but I would really find that useful.

Mind Blasting, Soul Wrenching, All Consuming, All Powerful Trance may come more with what is thought about ! But these flashing lights and sounds tend to relax and free the mind ! Very quickly ! Music(especially your favorites) can really help ! Audible inspirations like the Bible(your choice !) can be fantastic ! OR BOTH ! Relaxed focus so acute! That breathing is You ! Time seems to stand still and fly at the same time ! Body pain doesn't exist until you move ! Suspended in time and space ! Only the Now ! More and more noticing where you are not relaxed ! Flickering lights like driving under trees in the bright sun light ! Only Never Ending Trees !! Not traditional music, more of a low rumble but nice and relaxing ! Both adjustable, Enjoyable and fun ! Possibilities of mixing Sounds and Lights ! and the Engineering ! Endless ! LOVE MINE !! Thank You ! Fantastic Product !!

Procyon is an excellent light and sound device with spectacular visual effects and fast-acting results. Contrary to what some reviewers have said about its "outdated" design, I find that the form of this device fits its function like a glove. For example, the simple button-based interface is a lot easier to handle than an mp3 player type interface when you have the ganzframes on or your eyes closed.My only complaint with the Procyon is that the ganzframe glasses that come with it are fragile--and I mean *very* fragile. I am quite careful with handling my machine, and after almost a year now, the synthesizer unit functions perfectly and is without a scratch. But the frame of the glasses broke after only a month of regular use, perhaps due to my somewhat wider than average head. Since the unit was still under warranty, I asked MindPlace for a replacement, which they quickly provided. Then only two weeks later, the frame broke on the replacement! I gave up. Anyway, the damage was minor and the broken glasses were functional, if a bit uncomfortable. Had Procyon used goggles instead of glasses, it would not have this problem. MindPlace should seriously consider phasing out these flimsy glasses, or at least, improve their build quality so they can withstand regular use.