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Old 01-02-2012, 10:50 PM
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nwsmith1984 - A chiropractor may not only make your neck feel better, but could improve the blood flow to your brain which would deliver more oxygen to it and *that* can make it heal faster.

On that note, there is definitely something to be said for exercise. I don't know what you are able to do, but if you can take walks or exercise at all, I highly recommend it because that will also increase blood flow to your brain. How about yoga?

The supplements I take to help me heal are a good multivitamin, B Complex, an additional sublingual B12, Omega 3-6-9, phosphatidylserine, CDP Choline, and I'm going to start taking BCAA's. Some of these supplements were recommended my neurologist and the others were recommended to me by an acupuncturist/nutritionist but my neurologist agreed with him once I mentioned them. (My neurologist would actually prefer I get B12 shots every day, but I haven't anyone in my life to administer them.)

I really like a web based program called Lumosity where they have games designed by neuroscientists for people going through tbi and others who just want to improve their cognitive functioning.

Speech therapy helped me a great deal. See if you can get a referral to a good one who can do cognitive exercises with you. The one I have does multi-tasking exercises and other things with me. There isn't a lot that can be done for memory other than waiting for it to get better. Mine also helped me with something called "word recall" which I would think would be related to memory, but it turns out it is not... In any case some speech therapy might help some areas where you feel deficient.

If you can meditate, or try to meditate, that might help you gain some control of your brain back. (I don't think it could hurt...)

Positive Thinking is HUGE! I try to have a running mantra in my head that goes something like this: Thank you for my healing, thank you for my healing, thank you for my healing...

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