Recovering from moderate brain injury

>recovering from moderate brain injury

any advice?

took about 10months to recover. this week was first time I felt a return to normalcy. still feel janky as fuck tho.

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I'm on month 15 of post serve traumatic brain injury from a serious car accident where I almost went through a windshield.

What would you like to know?

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daily routine? any supplement or nootropic help? what did doc say?

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Did you lose the ability to comprehend a couple of things? And were you in a fog for a while?

btw my injury was blood clot traveling to brain. so more like a ...stroke

>daily routine? any supplement or nootropic help? what did doc say?

>Did you lose the ability to comprehend a couple of things? And were you in a fog for a while?

Well it happened in June '17, for the first 2 months I was literally bed ridden. I couldn't spell my own name, tie my shoes or remember what year it was. I had to spend all day and night in a dark room with ear plugs and sun glasses on because everything was too much sensory overload. Once I started being able to handle being in the world again, I had to deal with extreme fatigue and emotional unbalance. Mood swings, anger (which I still deal with to this day) depression, seizures, confusion, etc. I got hooked up with a good neurologist and sports medicine team consisting of physiotherapists, occupational therapist, chiropractor, massage, cognitive retraining, etc. A year on I'm still going multiple times a week.

Yes I lost the ability to understand things cognitively, I experience brain fog on the daily and my personality has changed immensely. I have to really really take care of myself mentally and physically and know when I've had enough for a day. I get tired more easily than everyone else. I lost a lot of friends because they just couldn't handle being around me wirh the changes in my personality or just couldn't be bothered in general.

Honestly it's a brain injury and you may never fully be the same person you were before it happened and that's something you need to be ready to accept. I still have days where I can't remember what year it is or what my own address is. It's scary. But I have other days of clarity and I can also look at this accident as having almost killed me and also having saved my life at the same time since I'm in better shape now than I ever have been in my life thanks to the team helping me.

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>anger (which I still deal with to this day
I have severe issues with resentment after cardio workout. i was stuck in a toxic living environment and this mutant ass guy thought to verbally attack a stroke victim.

Let me add onto what I wrote and your question a bit... there are no supplements or magic pills and potions that will help you suddenly gain clarity and be well. There are some things that can help with severity of symptoms like seizures and migraines and mood deregulation but those are medications you can discuss with your doctor. As for supplements, don't waste your money, you'll just piss it all out anyways because you'll be too tired for your body to efficiently use whatever you're putting in it.

Stick to simple things like eating a diet high in protein for the brain, vitamin D and maybe some magnesium but talk with your doctor first. Drink a fucking ton of water always. Hydration will make you feel godly. And get as much sleep as you can I can't stress that enough your brain needs to repair itself.

my stroke was 10months ago. feel like i almost made full recovery this week.

been self medicating with a beer daily and it works wonders. feel 100% for hour or so

what does that say about my injury. I'm imagine it's numbing out whatever is damaged in my brain? do i have an error of thinking.

pat couple months when the injury was severe I was jogging 3mile daily. now i can barely do 1mil but it feels natural and normal

Self care is really important. And I don't mean self care in the tumblerina 'muh feels' way. I mean real self care. You need now more than ever to be able to preserve your autonomy. You need to know when to say no. You need to know how and when to remove yourself from bad people and situations that drain you and make your brain hurt. Because some fucking people just take it out of you man. Crabs in a bucket is the most real saying out there and I live by it. As soon as I feel like someone is truing to tug me into their little circle of hell I'm out, I remove myself from it at all costs because my mental state is what matters most now and I just don't have the energy to spare anymore after this. I really don't, I have to be so careful at how I use my energy.

>You need to know how and when to remove yourself from bad people and situations that drain you and make your brain hurt.
this is exactly what I'm going through user! the men in my living environment are toxic as fucc. this guy reeks of degeneracy and has physically assaulted me in the past. I have PTSd symptoms when he walks in the door its a nightmare. the other men in my living environment know he's trash but just ignore it.,

>Crabs in a bucket
I usually say misery loves company.

>I have to be so careful at how I use my energy.
totally agree.
I'm stucking playing online games for money and it sucks

>. And get as much sleep as you can I can't stress that enough your brain needs to repair itself.
sleep has been really bad for me. horrible nightmares. feels like my mind is still active. missing some grey matter.

>my stroke was 10months ago. feel like i almost made full recovery this week.

You have not recovered or come even close my friend. I'm not saying this to be mean I'm being sincere and truing to help you. And that's ok because you may never fully recover just like I might but you need to also be realistic and realise this.

>been self medicating with a beer daily and it works wonders. feel 100% for hour or so

It doesn't work wonders it just puts you into an altered state and kills brain cells that you should be preserving that makes you forget how shitty you actually feel until your buzz wears off. I'm 220 days sober. I feel amazing and clear headed, you should try it if you want to really see what the road to recovery might be like.

>what does that say about my injury. I'm imagine it's numbing out whatever is damaged in my brain? do i have an error of thinking.

Yes, see above. It says you're not near recovered. It says you're coping with substances. I'm not judging I'm just giving you answers because I did the same thing until I got my shit together and got help from the professionals I'm with now so I know where you're at fren. But please realize you're doing more harm than anything right now and hindering any potential of getting better and probably causing more irreparable damage by living this lifestyle.

>pat couple months when the injury was severe I was jogging 3mile daily. now i can barely do 1mil but it feels natural and normal

You'll experience this a lot and it's Normal. I do even now 15 months later fully sober. Yesterday I was brain fogged out and couldn't remember shit and showed up to an Appointment I wasn't even supposed to go to. It happens. That's lofe with a brain injury so don't judge yourself by the day to day you have to look big picture and compare longer time frame. Last year this time I couldn't tie my shoes, now I'm in best shape if my life and starting to drive again so that's something.

Potato potahto

Yeah sleep was and is still a beast at times. Brain injuries do something that make your brain unable to fully shut down and get that restful sleep you need. It's terrible I feel you.

Talk to a dr. There's stuff you can get to help with that, but yeah it is a battle. Exercise helps, good sleep hygiene helps (i.e. go to bed same time every night, don't use your phone an hour before bed don't vidya before bed, etc.) I don't smoke pot anymore but doing one dab before bed helped for a bit.

Just some suggestions but regardless what works sleep is absolutely essential you're brain needs to repair

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ye marijuana is wonderful sleep aid I literally have no mnoney tho.

Practice sleep hygiene in the meantime and get some exercise. Cardio is king and free.

Then gtfo and never look back. No excuses. I don't think i need to really explain how brutal and wrong what you wrote is and why you shouldn't be hanging around that do I?

So fucking do it and don't even respond to me if you're going to say anything other than 'Youre right, okay I will'. And then actually do it.

Sincerely best wishes.

it's really only one guy. only got $100 to my name right now. is there a way to remove this guy from my life?

feel rotten asking but omg this guy is truly hell

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>is there a way to remove this guy from my life?

Unless you're living with him and dependant on him, then just cut contact with him and stop seeing him. It's really that simple. Have some will power and take your life and health into your own hands for the first time in your life and just do it because no one else will worry about you but you, and now that you're mentally compromised and vulnerable unfortunately everyone that's an asshole will prey on your vulnerabilities at every given opportunity you give them. So stop giving them any more opportunities.

You should stop being a dumb farmer and start automating