Hello,
I am so sorry to hear your wife is in this condition. She sounds as if she is in real pain. Do you think she could have chronic pain? I don't know what type of brain injury you are referring to but I also have a brain injury. I have post concussive syndrome and it is manifested by cognitive impairment and chronic pain. I remember before my pain was treated properly begging others to kill me. Actually offered money to one person to kill me. Has your wife been in a car accident or had any sort of blow to the head? This could be as simple as passing out and hitting her head or being hit with a ball or something? I had a complete change in personality while I was in severe untreated pain. My family could not figure out what was going on with me. Since being treated with the correct medication I am myself again. What you are describing to me sounds more like a problem with pain more than it does something mentally wrong. I was tried on many different kinds of anti-depressants also and had very bad reactions to them. Those types of medications in my opinion are bad medicine. Does your wife complain of pain? Does she moan or whimper a lot? I would try giving her some narcotic pain medication and see if this helps any. If she does have chronic pain it takes a few weeks of a long acting narcotic medication to get it under control. I think this is worth looking at. She is obviously suffering horribly. Pain can have many different effects on a person that you would not realize. She may even be unable to figure out what is wrong with her. The swelling in the abdomen worries me also. This can be a sign of liver failure. Is she yellow at all? Orange or yellow eyes? Keep a close eye on this. You need to get her to a hospital. Bless her heart. I wish you luck and hope you will get her to a hospital right now. Please let me know how she is doing. I am very concerned about her.
Brain