Taming headache and depression
 

I'm more than 14 months after my accident. I was very much headache-free during the summer but the headache's been back for a couple of weeks now. I would describe it as a very uncomfortable, strongly tingly feeling in front left part of my head. I've slid into bouts of depression a couple of times too.

Could you please advise on how to curb it. I mean, both the depression and the uncomfortable feeling in my head? The weird feeling in the head seems to be exacerbated with intellectual activity. But intellectual activity is my life, and I need to perform well in that area. I don't think I've been impacted that badly, however the strongly uncomfortable feeling that gets triggered when I tackle more complex problems makes me depressed that I'll never be able to perform well, which sucks because a strongly uncomfortable feeling in the head is still so much better than depression.

In terms of supplementation, I've been taking fish oil, creatine, alcar, b12, a multivitamin and turmeric (the last one not so much), I'm thinking about adding some d3 now that the day's been getting shorter.

I wonder if there is a neurofeedback system that can be used to help you learn to think intensely with less impact on your brain. There are programs for learning to control ADD/ADHD. It would be worth checking into the available resources.

I'd be interested in this as well. Any cognitive activities have an intensely negative impact on me.

There must be something to this because if I push too hard cognitively, I freeze. But, if I relax my thinking, I can process deeper though even though it is slower thought.

I learned to do this on my own as I struggled with word finding and other tasks. I can do better math processing by slowing my thought.

Slowing down my thinking has helped me tremendously - with speech, processing, the works, so to speak but tut tut has not been welcomed by those folk engaged by insurance company to put me through my paces when being assessed - today being no exception.

I don't always understand what they want of me, and when taking my time to process request or think of answer to many questions posed I am accused of not trying. Left to think about it, visualize, can usually complete request, it just takes time. And when pushed? freeze, falter, fog.

I have been forced to slow down my thinking and acting on my thoughts...I think that as a whole it has actually been very beneficial.

Being quiet and thinking some things through has been a big help to keep me calm and achieve better results.

Bud

chasann,

When you are tested, you need to explain your need to "Stop to think." The tester sounds ignorant of PCS struggles. I've experienced these ignorant PhD and MD types.

Good advice but sadly I don't think to say this when confronted by most of these examiners.

Think I am at the point where I attend because I have to, knowing that their 'cherry picking' reports are just that, repeating errors from previous reports given to them by fellow examiners. Such basic errors of date of accident, how it happened, even diagnosis, all incorrect to say nothing of their views totally dismissive of my symptoms or inaccurately recorded.

On this occasion gave examiner a list of my symptoms and what has helped me to date - he being dismissive of chiropractor and the funny glasses I wear - have prism and coloured lens.

Hard at times to keep your self esteem, confidence, and positive outlook when confronted with assessment versus appropriate rehab. But bounce back I do knowing how far I have come and will, if one keeps their pecker up and continues to strive, for to me this is the recipe for returning to former self as much as able.

Neurotalk being instrumental in some of the changes made, I thank you all.