My esteem is getting much better~:0)
 

That is awesome! I am so happy for you. Hopefully it continues and you feel better and better everyday. :D

:hug:
Annie

420 Helps,

It's wonderful to hear that you are recovering self-esteem. Even if you cannot put the feeling into words, we can use our imaginations on how you might be feeling. I am happy for you! Hope that things continue to improve for you ~ best wishes!

Shez

Good for you.

I just want to get my steam back. Fatigue takes all the steam out of me.

But, others prefer me to not be steaming. I used to do that too much.

PCS humor.

LOL

Love it
 

That was very good Mark. Maybe we should all try sleeping with the light on!

Yes I know that was pathetic!

Lynlee

Talk about sleeping with the light on, Did you hear this one?

A woman takes her husband to the doctor. She complains that he thinks he is a refrigerator. The doctor says that there is nothing wrong with that.
The lady responds, The problem is he sleeps with his mouth open and the light keeps me awake.

The fatigue I experience with PCS is being mentally drained and depressed, with the only relief coming from stimulants (coffee, nicotine, alcohol, and 420 ), an adrenaline rush or whatever OCD obsession I may have at the time...but when it wears off, I'm back to the drained and depressed state until my next mental stimulation takes place.

(nicotine free for a year now )

helps,

I have been on paroxetine (Paxil) for over 11 years. I need it to stop the obsessive thoughts. I can get caught looping on the most mundane or meaningless things. It can be a license plate number, the spelling of a word, etc.

It works great for me. I don't know if I would have problems with depression without it. I know that over the years, I have had serious problems with depression, especially after another head bump. A psychiatrist got me onto my vitamin regimen to pull me out of a deep depression about 28 years ago. He taught me how to use supplements to help my brain function better.

Stimulants are a problem, for many injured brains. They may help momentarily but then they leave the brain overworked and fatigued. I tried caffeine to overcome the fatigue and my doctor read me the riot act for doing it.

420 has effects on the brain but different strains can cause different reactions. I know people with early onset Alzheimer's who use 420 in very light doses (in cookies and brownies and in a tea concoction. It helps they with the rage and other outburst behaviors.

A specific substance in 420 has been shown to have neuroprotective effects. It only shows this effect in a very specific dose. It has not been shown to help with the symptoms after a brain injury.

All of the self medications you mention are considered problematic for the injured brain. I wonder if you are suffering a 'rebound effect' from this self medication. There are many drugs that cause a rebound. A rebound effect is when a drug helps to alleviate a symptom but when the drug is removed, the symptom become worse that prior to the use of the drug. This can happen with anti-histamines, head ache meds, and many others.

How much have you done with vitamins and other supplements? Your brain may be very needy of supplements. Mine is. I need up to 10 times the RDA of many supplements.

My best to you.

420
 

Can somebody please tell me what 420 is?

Thanks
Lynlee

Cannabis. 420 is a term coined by some Calif high school students who would meet to smoke pot at 4:20 after school.

LynLee, I didn't know either. I had to look it up.