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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
braindamage,
1st, Where are you so we can recommend clinics?
2nd, Male or female?
3rd, Did you have any anxiety or depression struggles prior to your accident?
4th, What is the Klonopin supposed to treat?
Was the sleep study just a breathing study or did it look at EEG waveforms?
Have you had any therapy for your upper neck? Sleeping postures can cause upper neck inflammation that causes a restriction of blood flow to the brain and mess with quality of sleep leaving your in brain fog.
I call the upper neck issues Subtle Neck Injuries because they have no other symptoms to indicate a neck problem. But, resolving upper neck issues can lead to great improvements. Instability at C-1 to occiput and C-1 to C-2 can lead to inflammation.
A test that might work is simple. Try sleeping in a recliner with your head and shoulders elevated and your head supported in a relaxed straight posture.
NUCCA and Atlas Orthogonal chiropractic or Upper Cervical Physical Therapy may help. Myoworx.com in Guelph, Ontario, Canada does some interesting PT work.
The DTI and SWAN MRI could be helpful in documenting brain struggles but they don't often direct treatment.
A SPECT at an Amen Clinic may be worthwhile. Dr Amen has a huge database for comparison. Check him out on YouTube.
btw, I stopped 14 years of SSRI and take 200 mgs of 5-HTP instead. I do MUCH better with the 5-HTP.
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Hello,
Thanks for your response. I am male. I am in St. Louis. I had zero anxiety or depression before the accident. The klonopin was given to me to supplement the Lexapro I guess? Because the lex wasn't helping all the way. I only take the klonopin a couple times a week. The sleeping test they did was an EEG waveforms I had all those things hooked up to my head and chest. I do not think it is upper neck related at all or a neck injury. I've been sleeping the same tempur pedic since before my injury and has always been amazing. The symptoms didn't even start initially which is why I don't think it is a neck problem. I got out of the hospital after my TBI and went to rehab for a couple weeks and was fine for 2-3 years before a huge wave of cognitive decline hit me. No history of mental illness on either side of my family and I have never had these issues prior to my tbi.
But yeah hopefully the DTI/Swan MRI or what not can at least show what is wrong? I've been scrambling for a long time now with neurologists and other doctors to find out what's going on. Choking down benzos and ssris for the next 50 years til I'm dead sounds like a nightmare. I'm only 27 years old. A spect scan, yeah I've heard of that. Dr. Harch uses that to help with treatment for HBOT. To measure blood flow before and after. I've heard of Dr. Amen. Are you sure about him? I've done a lot of research on him. Everything that I have read and listened to and others who have been to his clinics says that he is a quack. His work is pseudo science and he charges like 5k for each visit and offers no real treatment.
Thanks again for your help.