I emailed a doctor featured on CNN (see my link below) and he and his neurosurgeon partner who is the neurologist for the Pittsburgh Steelers have patented a supplement which is extracted from hemp oil but has no actual cannabis in it and are doing research with it on concussion and TBI and seeing results in pain relief=} It is called CBD. Here is a link :

http://www.frequency.com/video/medic...4496?cid=5-235

Hope that helps!

We've talked about CBD oil in the main forum. Canabidiol oil can be refined from commercial hemp. Here is a company that sells it. https://www.hemplifetoday.com/lp/choose-quantity/
It is also available on Amazon.

Thanks Mark! I'll head to the link and check it out.

Cheers!

Book suggestion -

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge M.D. (Author)

[also comes in different formats e.g. audiobook]

Yes good suggestion Lara. I have that book - some inspiring stuff in there!

Anyhow, apologies if someone has posted on this before but I can thoroughly recommend listening sessions to music that ideally gives you goose bumps!
It really feels like it does me a world of good...
Obviously only for those that can handle music cognitively etc. and clearly one must take precautions re volume, avoiding in ear earphones and sticking to (lighter) classical music in the main, particularly in the beginning of course...
Happy to recommend/post a playlist of inspiring classical music if anyone is interested
A lot of stuff online on this but here are some more relevant links:

http://www.brainline.org/content/201...red-brain.html

http://braininjury.blogs.com/brainin...in-injury.html

http://www.alzheimers.net/2014-07-21...ntia-patients/

For some of us, in ear or over the ear ear phones are best. They reduce the ambient sounds so the brain has less work load filtering the ambient sounds. Room speakers often have too much echo and can be stressful, vs restful.

fair enough Mark and deffo over ears i'd recommend too - re inears, though, speaking from my own experience i'd say beware as my brain simply could not handle that amount of stimulation for about a couple of months post injury - made my tinnitus worse too in an odd way, ie not through ringing but other noises started featuring...

Interesting article I cam across today. Linking chronic inflammation to a number of brain diseases including TBI and its symptoms. I thought it was a good read. . . maybe they're even on to something

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/bo...aign=nova_next

Article suggesting that supplementing this may provide protection against the effects of cancer, stroke and TBI...

http://www.naturalhealthadvisory.com...n-protect-you/

and some more stuff on it:
http://www.mauldineconomics.com/tech...ws-brain-cells

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027327

Article

Incidence of Gait Abnormalities After Traumatic Brain Injury
Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

April 2009 Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 587–593

http://www.archives-pmr.org/article/...712-7/fulltext