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Old 01-11-2011, 01:27 AM #9
ShellyK ShellyK is offline
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Hazzell,

First of all, I wanted to tell you that the way you described the brain fog in an earlier post is exactly what happens to me. It sort of validates the experiences that I am having with this PCS/MTBI. I hate the fogginess, but I am so used to it now. It is like a "companion".

It's interesting what you wrote about the adrenal glands. I do see a chiropractor who does muscle testing and uses alternative medicines. So I am taking something natural that she prescribed for the adrenals. There are two products that I use, both by Apex Energetics. I think that one makes you more relaxed and one is supposed to build up your energy. (But I am not having any success in the building up of energy...)

I do agree with you that the adrenal glands are affected by stress and by injury.

But the fatigue is from the injury. It is also my constant companion since I got injured. And it is what makes it impossible for me to feel like myself or be able to do much of anything. If you read Gail Denton's book, Brainlash, she has a whole chapter on stamina, fatigue and energy where she goes into more detail about fatigue and brain injury.

ShellyK



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Hi,

Mark, that's interesting what you wrote about oxygenation. I've been doing different types of calming breathing excercises to try to get more oxygen into my brain, hoping that will help. It does seem to help me sleep and help me be more calm.

Shelly, it seems that brain injuries can also alter hormones and neurotransmitters. I've also had a lot of stress- so it's hard to separate things out. However, many of my hormones are out of whack, particulary adrenal hormones which have a lot to do with energy/fatigue. If you haven't gotten your hormone levels checked by an integrative doctor who knows how to look for subtle but important distinctions in test results and knows how to test for this, it may be worth considering. If your hormones are an issue, correcting this could help the fatigue. Just a thought...
-Hazzell
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