[lynnschreiber]

This is my first time to a forum so that should illustrate my need to be here. I am here not for me but because of my son. He is 19, was always the perfect kid until a little over a yr. ago. Things went downhill fast. He was diagnosed with depression, then changed to bipolar, then to schizophrenia. But he had other symptoms that didn't fit. We tried to get him to drop out of college but he wouldn't yet he could hardly function and ended up in psychiatric ward of a hospital. There a neurologist took interest in his case. The dr. learned that my son had 2 childhood injuries, both to the right temple that required stitches (but no xrays were done); then there were blows to both sides of the head in martial arts (helmet on, but still...). Finally he learned that my son was in a bicycle accident in Aug 07 in which he went over his handlebars landing on rt side of his face. Trip to the ER but no MRI and sent home with concussion. 3 months after that we began to notice subtle oddities and his girlfriend called to report similar things. So here we are. My son was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and mood instability disoder as a direct result of TBI. But my son's case is one of his drs. most perplexing. My son had over 80 symptoms in 8 months. They are inconsistent, as are the triggers, and totally unpredictable. Symptoms include panic attacks, anxiety, rage, obsession, hallucinations, lack of insight (a huge problem), seizures, personality changes, among many others. Our problem is one of management. My son is high functioning, an accomplished musician majoring in computer science and you wouldn't know to look at him all that was going on in his brain. We parents are frustrated, scared, and always confused. We hope this forum brings advice, support, and an ear to listen.

[vini]

welcome lynn

sorry your son is going through this and it sounds very complex, your son seems to have got locked into an altered state which, must be very frightening for him, also his emotional body will be in pain. this he will feel , in his stomach, chest, throat ,forehead and top of head also other points , this maybe be helped, with warmth and massage, and yoga, also talk and chalk therapy drawing thoughts and feelings and talking them through, with a trained therapist may also help, stick with the health professionals with this with a holistic approach, theses things can take some time

hope this helps

P .S he probably dose not feel much like eating supplements can only help omega 3/6 a must

[lynnschreiber]

Vini, everything helps. I read where you had several incidents throughout your life and my son has also had several that for all practical purposes went unchecked. They all have cumulative affects. One of my son's neurologists is trying to get him to take more of a holistic approach. Right now he's just trying to get him to commit to exercising one hr. a day, even if only a brisk walk, but we can't even get him to do that. The "lack of insight" symptom is a biggie (or maybe my son has anosognesia?); because he can't identify his own condition he has no desire to treat something that he doesn't believe he has. He takes meds because he knows we want him to, not because he thinks they help, and has stopped them on several occasions. I know we're pretty new at this with just a yr. under our belts of dealing with it. I have to believe things will improve over time to some degree. Thank you again for your advice.

Originally Posted by vini

welcome lynn

sorry your son is going through this and it sounds very complex, your son seems to have got locked into an altered state which, must be very frightening for him, also his emotional body will be in pain. this he will feel , in his stomach, chest, throat ,forehead and top of head also other points , this maybe be helped, with warmth and massage, and yoga, also talk and chalk therapy drawing thoughts and feelings and talking them through, with a trained therapist may also help, stick with the health professionals with this with a holistic approach, theses things can take some time

hope this helps

P .S he probably dose not feel much like eating supplements can only help omega 3/6 a must