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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Somewhere near here
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Somewhere near here
Posts: 11,427
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See neither. Find a specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Do a bit of research to find the Rehab Doctor who is good with mild traumatic brain injury.
The neurologist is only good if he understands MTBI. Most do not. If they cannot image it with CT, MRI, or EEG, they say it should go away without any intervention.
The Rehab doctor has a focus at getting you better if possible.
My neurologist prescribed anti-inflammatories, an anti-histamine (for insomnia), and other useless things. He even discounted the natural remedies (B vitamins) that I take.
If the Rehab specialist thinks you should see a psych, neuro-psych or neurologist, then go.
The neurologists who prescribe anti-depressants do it to get your anxiety level down so you do not keep calling and coming back. Plus, the anxiety can sometimes make your symptoms worse. But the chemical effects of the anti-depressants can also be bad for a healing brain. Anti-depressants have been the cure-all for our screwed up health care system since the early 1990's.
Anti-depressants should be reserved for Psychiatrists and Neuro-Psychiatrists to prescribe, not GP's, PCP's, Internists, gyno's, nor neuro's.
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