LMLS,

Most here on NeuroTalk know that very few neurologists know much about concussions at all.

I doubt he has read much about concussions and anxiety. If he followed concussion issues, he would never make such a statement. Many respond to how a patient presents their symptoms. If the neuro can't verify the symptoms (they are hard to verify objectively), they tend to discount them. They prescribe anti-depressants and anxiolytics to try to calm the patient.

The study about anxiety and concussions is rather obscure.

When you start your own thread, it would be helpful to describe your injury, your past and current symptoms, any diagnoses or treatments from doctors or chiros and what supplements and doses you are taking. Many get a generic recommendation or get sold a 'proprietary supplement' that is distributed by the alternative medicine doctor. For example, most turmeric is a waste of money. In unconcentrated form, you would have to eat it by the spoonful.

Hi.
Yes, same here. I also think it's an balancing act. My first response was to push through and do stuff, but it's important to take it easy also.
It's a big change after a hard hit to the head for sure. Mentally, psychically, and overall. But i hope you also find all of your answers in the search for recovery, etc. And the brain is very complex, and we don't understand it well enough yet, but it's good we have some answers as humans on it. (Pharmaceuticals are not the best medications, but lions mane seems nice and hemp cbd oil. They are from nature.) Best of luck on your recovery.

Hi. Curious. Just wondering if Benzodiazepine withdrawal would affect my post concussion recovery badly? If anyone knows.

Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

I'm thinking about when i'm going to start quit with a tapering plan and reduce until i quit. Been 8 months since i hit my head now, and still not fully recovered. Dizzy from time to time.

I'm guessing if i do it the right way and quit slowly the mind and body will get used to it, and it might not be that bad if i sleep good. Because sleep is the most important part of healing, and withdrawal could effect that, and the brain goes through allot then if one don't get enough sleep. Even though i have read about some quitting and had quite a pain/struggle with it, but felt so much better in the end.
If i would sleep good without it, that would be awesome.
I have had sleeping "medication" for many many years now, and i want to quit and become free of it. I have put it all *on hold* until my symptoms are gone, and that *might also be smart*, though. If i did not hit my head i would had started quitting at the beginning this year. Might take a year or more until the withdrawal symptoms are gone i'm guessing.

That is my goal anyways! And when i quit, if it goes well, i will go to the gym allot and try to exercise more, like every day when i'm free later on. Quit smoking two years ago, and that felt good! This was my next goal, but of course i had to hit the back of my head hard on concrete. Hmm. **** happens.
If i get free of this poison i have taken for this long, i would feel allot better at the end of that tunnel. (Also antidepressants medicine which i want to be without and have taken it for 7 years now which should be taken before sleep also, but i will quit with that after the benzo.) I want to drink water, eat good and workout without any poison in my body later on.

My brain and body would thank me when i'm free from withdrawal! Just not sure if it's a good time to "soon" after the accident, or if i should wait a while. I still have symptoms with dizziness sometimes, etc.

What do you think would be the best? If anyone knows that is. Just curious on how it could affect the recovery, or if it's worth it in a few months or perhaps wait until january next year, then i should be feeling better, so it could be smart to wait a while also.. Well, now i need to sleep soon, it's in the middle of the night. Will check in another time. Thanks.

edit: I will think about this on my own, and do some research about it. Guessing it could be a bad move, and it could be better if i wait for a while until my symptom are gone, even though i want to get free of "supporting" the Pharmaceutical industry, which i don't want to do anymore. Benzo's are not healthy to say the least, and if i had the knowledge on it back then i would had said no to even taking it.

Drug harmfulness - Wikipedia

Hi folks. I'm updating this.. I have used benzos for sleep during many years now. It's a waste of many years. But now i'm in the process of tampering this down. A "doctor" reduced diazepam during the day without asking me, and i'm going to quit with it. I feel a bit of withdrawal symptoms, but it's just good! Want to be free of this poison! I might take it slow with nitrazepam this year after diazepam is gone.. It's been 9 months and i think the brain will heal even better if i get freeee of this poison!

Perhaps nobody knows if it's good or bad. But it's always good to get free of poison. The brain is adapting, and i have not been feeling any worse symptoms with my dizziness i guess. Might take it slow and tamper of nitrazepam during two months or more though.

It is all cool? My big "fear" would be that the brain don't heal as it should, but i think it will adapt good. Might not be any neurologists on this forum, and i have not asked about it, but i have already started my journey to freedom so yeah.

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Withdrawal is good. If i take it slow..
Then when i'm free of poison i might move to another country and surf, live on the beach. It's my big goal to become free of this **** this year. Might be easy, might be hard. But, no pain, no gain. Thats how it is with almost everything in life. Either way i have started with this now, and will almost follow the ashton manual.
benzo.org.uk : The Ashton Manual, Professor C Heather Ashton DM, FRCP
Thanks. Peace