Wanted Ideas about nerve damage.

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Recently had a wreck caused some damage to a couple different areas in my brain. I was wondering if any one knew ways to speed healing and restoring function. I lost 10% of inhibition and pre-motor neroconnections and unknown amount in the area that translates sound to make it understood as words. While there was swelling I could not understand people when they talked to me. Just looking for ideas the Dr.s don't seem to have any ideas hoping that some of you do. Little issues like every i that I type is capital with out thinking about it. I just went thru this post and changed 14 i to lower case. Getting frustrated.

Choline is an amino acid needed to repair nerves. So choline would be a totally safe bet.

The other medications you could look into would be racetams, they've been shown to repair brain damage, I'm quite interested in them in the case of my NVLD, but haven't taken any yet. Piracetam is the weakest, and noopept is the strongest of racetams, they're pretty widely used in Europe, just not FDA approved in America. Racetams need to be taken with choline, too.

I forgot to add I have Levetiracetam and Gabapentin that I must take witch are nerve suppressants. I know using one drug to fight another.

I can get Aniracetam/Ampamet/ampakine or Gerovital-H3 injection type.

wgat drug/supplement can counteract the spaciness side-effect of gabapentin?

perhaps a game like this one may help:

http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/

it's supposed to help with attentiveness and memory. you might also try typing words that are slowly recited to you. that can help you "translate" the spoken words to written language again.

I don't have any suggestions, but when my mother had a brain hemorrhage several years ago the doctors said she wouldn't get certain skills back, but she did. I could see small, cumulative improvements as far out as 5 years. So, I think that doctors aren't always right about their predictions about that.

So far all I can get from the Dr. Is drink plenty of water, rest and omega3. I don't know If they even know what to do.

Here are several reasons not to rush back to full recovery if its even possible.
You have been the happiest Ive ever saw you.
Your getting sleep.
Your more understandable during conversation.
Your more relaxed.
Your getting more work done because your not stopping to think about what your doing.

Sorry but I like you better now. I cant help it.

I doubt this will be of much help if you did try it but I'm taking the generalized anxiety med Buspar & I'm also on Gabapentin for OCD & Buspar has shown in lab studies to improve spacial learning in rats that have traumatic brain injury. I would only suggest trying Buspar if you have anxiety issues thou

It's really just starting to hit me what I've really lost and it's a lot more that I thought hoped or expected.
I normally help the kids with their math and science homework. I normally can work the problems in my head without any real effort.
I'm having a hard time doing 3 digit addition in my head before I could find mode median and range of a group of 15 numbers now gone all the hard work it to being accurate with mental math down the drain. I started my Xmas gift work I do at least one hand made gift for everyone in the house. Last year I carved a soap stone heart shaped box to put earing ect. In for the misses a brass biplane for my oldest a jeep the my middle and a carved soap stone sponge bob for the youngest son. This year I was making a docking station digital to analog converter for the oldest iPod, a tube amp with a woofer with the rotating sound dispenser for my youngest son's guitar. And working with middle son on a car I picked up cheap so he has time to make it nice "with my help" before he can legally drive.

Its killing me I work with my hands but they don't know what to do now. I have all the parts but don't know how to put them together. I tried tonight to start assembling the circuits for the tube amp I can't even remember how a vacuum tube works let alone wiring it. I'm so upset Because I tried to carve a little as well and I can't seem to work the Dremal tool to make the starting cuts. It might be the first year for the kids without a hand made gift, Its eating at me I love building for them something no one else has.

I'm not sure if this would help you any or not but incase it would~ I was on antipsychotics, antidepressants, benzos for a while, & other psych meds for 5 years because I was suffering from a bad depression. I don't feel like my brain is as powerful as it was before all that. I find it harder to focus, it takes me longer to process/comprehend/realize things like my brain works slower now, & I just don't feel as smart. I think Gabapentin could be having a negative affect on that as well but my OCD was a major problem for me before at times & I'm more functional & more relaxed with the improvement in it that Gabapentin gives me so it's worth the trade-off for me. I started taking some vitamins & I think they're helping my mental focus & things a tad. I'm taking the strongest dose of Fish oil & Evening Primrose oil 2wice a day, I'm taking a good powerful C extended resale capsule 3x a day, & I'm taking a couple different multies that can be taken a few times a day; 1s a Mens formula & the other is Green formula which has more veggie & B stuff type stuff; I think the Green might be helping my mental more than the Mens. I read the Wiki Page On Piracetam after reading about it in the post by 1000Knives In This Thread. It's thought to improve cognitive abilities & I think it might be thought to help with seizures as well. I'm thinking about asking my GP about it when I see him.

Aniracetam and Gerovital-H3 injection type I've all ready started. I've been able to stop taking Levetiracetam. I have some noopept en route. But knowing how well they will work together Is yet to be seen.