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Old 07-31-2015, 10:31 AM
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I don't know where you were looking, but this page https://nora.cc/member-resources/nor...es-on-nor.html has some 700 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Obviously not all peer-reviewed articles are publishing results of actual experiments, but just searching a few of them (you need access to a university's credentials unfortunately to access most peer-reviewed literature, unless it's open-access) I found many that published actual results related to the subject matter.

Unfortunately large scale clinical trials like that take a lot of money, and there just hasn't been an emphasis on funding research on TBI treatment until relatively recently. I also doubt that every TBI patient that Dr. Zelinsky sees experiences the dramatic improvement that Clark Elliott did. Every concussion/TBI is different, as we hear so much on this site. Depending on the specifics of what's injured, some people probably respond really well to treatment by someone like Dr. Zelinsky, while the nature of others' injuries might be such that it isn't helpful. From a patients perspective, all we can do is try.
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26 year-old PhD student in evolutionary biology, slipped on ice in Feb 2014 while clipping my fingernails and walking to save time (dumbest reason for PCS ever?). Initially just had headaches and didn't feel quite right, but a minor head bump 5 days later started a downward spiral of anxiety, depression, insomnia and fatigue. Had trouble concentrating on reading/looking at screens

April 2014 - did exertion test, passed, started exercising and doing more, but didn't feel much better.

May 2014 - Went on backpacking trip OK'd by doctor, trip itself went fine, but felt worse a few days after getting back, more difficulty concentrating, worse headaches.

June 2014 - Bumped head on ceiling walking slowly down stairs, no immediate symptoms, but caused worsening headahces, more difficulty concentrating and looking at screens. Have not felt as good as I did before this since this bump.

December 2014 - after feeling relatively better I went xc skiing and fell but didn't hit my head (something my psychologist who specializes in brain injuries told me he hoped would happen so I saw it was OK), felt worse

Feb 2015 - back in grad school, light teaching load and some research, nowhere close to operating at my full capacity. Still have constant headaches, difficulty reading/looking at screens, mild anxiety and depression, and just not feeling like my normal sharp self.

Trying, but struggling, to believe that I'll get back to my old self, or at least get close.
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