Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho

You friend's head aches and mild seizures show that he has not come close to a full recovery. He may be fully functional, especially from the perspective of a current or former meth addict but when his brain is stressed, his drug use and head injury will be blatantly evident.

We can all aspire to recovering to full functionality but we will never achieve a full recovery physiologically. The damaged brain does not regrow brain cells. It can only grow axons and dendrites. Even reading self-help books does not stimulate recovery or regrowth as it appears a therapist has claimed.

Nick, you will need to have full custody of your son to get the additional benefits from SSDI. btw, I thought you had mentioned that your son was 2 years old. It sounds like he is not even 1 year old yet. If I understand correctly, you were injured last June and your son was born the month before which would be May.

You are approaching the fabulous age of infants, when they are becoming more interactive with their environment, crawling around and pulling up on things. Talk to him in a soft adult voice and he will respond better and sooner. Infants understand voice inflection very well by 6 weeks old. It is important to be cognizant of this ability so you can purpose to keep their stress levels low, too.

Keep in mind that you can call the cops and file a disturbing the peace complaint against your sister's son's father. Do you have a recording device of any kind? Hold him accountable with a firm but controlled voice. Then, call the cops to enforce that accountability. Your peace and your son's peace are the critical issues. Tell him to he can go make noise at his place.

I was not offended by your comments. Don't feel guilty. I have tough skin having lived on the outside for most of my life due to my PCS personality issues.

My best to you all.