SHOULD FOLKS WITH T.B.I. OWN GUNS? 4/22/07

Many of us with traumatic brain injuries wind up with an exacerbation of mental symptoms or with new ones, depending. For most of us, the deal is clinical depression-- Major Depression. For a few, it's schizophrenia. Furthermore, those of us who weren't addicted [to alcohol and/or to other drugs] before the t.b.i. run an increased risk of addiction afterwards. And those of us who have maintained some sort of recovery run an increased risk of relapse.

No, I don't own a gun and don't have access to any guns.
No, I don't think that gun ownership is a worthwhile goal for those of us with traumatic brain injuries to go after.

If there ever becomes a list of names of people who are forbidden to own guns, I will voluntarily ask that my name be put on it.

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SHOULD FOLKS WITH T.B.I. OWN GUNS? 4/22/07

Many of us with traumatic brain injuries wind up with an exacerbation of mental symptoms or with new ones, depending. For most of us, the deal is clinical depression-- Major Depression. For a few, it's schizophrenia. Furthermore, those of us who weren't addicted [to alcohol and/or to other drugs] before the t.b.i. run an increased risk of addiction afterwards. And those of us who have maintained some sort of recovery run an increased risk of relapse.

No, I don't own a gun and don't have access to any guns.
No, I don't think that gun ownership is a worthwhile goal for those of us with traumatic brain injuries to go after.

If there ever becomes a list of names of people who are forbidden to own guns, I will voluntarily ask that my name be put on it.

ENDO 4/14/07

Two endocrinologists from Italy have noted a correlation between traumatic brain injury and the onset of hypopituitarism based on their literature review. Because of costs, they recommend referral to an endocrinologist on a case-by-case basis.

Post-concussion Syndrome was mentioned and the similarity between symptoms noted. Correlation does not prove causality however. The superficial sharing of symptoms on a list proves nothing.

I was not pleased by the authors' suggestion that folks in vegetative comas be thrown out and folks with mTBI be thrown out.

Why not throw everyone out except for those unfortunates with P.C.S. whose complaints are very often viewed with skepticism by the medical community on the whole and many practitioners of medicine individually?

Or why not do the research to further identify patients with traumatic brain injury who should be referred to an endocrinologist who is familiar with t.b.i.?

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SLEEP DISORDERS AND mTBI 4/9/07

Researchers in Israel have figured out what some of us mT.B.I.-ers have suspected: We have sleep disorders. [Some of us, anyways]. Duh.

This article should be photocopied and presented to every professional who doesn't follow-up on our complaints of sleepiness, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, or headaches.

I myself have delayed sleep-phase syndrome as part of my sleep apnea which is treated by c-pap machine.

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N.B. the study was small-- 42 patients.



http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/554741

BRAIN FOG 4/2/07

While surfing around Medscape, I found a reference to this website about Post-Polio Sequelae:
http://postpolioinfo.com/PostPolio/
The open letter to physicians is worth reading.

Along the left-hand side are tabs, one of which will take you to the library.
The library hosts links to a variety of articles, some of which deal with similarities found between the fatigue that a Post-Polio Sequelae patient experiences and the fatigue associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Also mentioned in the articles is the brain fog which I have become very well-acquainted with in my own struggle with fibro courtesy of traumatic brain injury.

Although the articles are not specifically written about T.B.I., they are worth reading. Folks who have sleeping problems or fibro not associated with t.b.i. will also find a visit to the site worthwhile.

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