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Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Jay Cadre

Jay Cadre — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:53:51 +0000

Hello Rosemary, my brother at the age of 23, was involved in a car accident who suffered a TBI. He was making good progress for a year and a half until 2 months ago he started to feel paranoid and worries about bad things happening to our family. We admitted him to a mental facility at a hospital and they were giving him antipsychotic medicaiton and his reaction to medicaiton was more paranoid, crying, and confused. We do not know what to do. He does get voilent sometimes by punching the wall. In your last comment you mentioned that if someone with a TBI with symptoms of paranoia are not locked up they might kill someone. Please explain more about your comment. Should i be worried about my brother

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by brainrobber

brainrobber — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:24:42 +0000

This is a very misleading statement – people suffering these symptoms are more likely to be harmed than do the harming according to statistics I’ve read — and they are no more likely to harm others than those in the general population. However we do need response teams like Open Dialogue and should press the DHHS – SAMHSA for this kind of care in every city, county, state.

ust FYI – I wish we all had access to experts like these and to OPEN DIALOGUE – now being taught in Massachusetts with Dr. Jaacko Seikkula (check spelling)

http://www.brainline.org/content/2010/12/hallucinations-and-delusions-after-a-brain-injury.html

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by brainrobber

brainrobber — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:21:17 +0000

just FYI – I wish we all had access to experts like these and to OPEN DIALOGUE – now being taught in Massachusetts with Dr. Jaacko Seikkula (check spelling)

http://www.brainline.org/content/2010/12/hallucinations-and-delusions-after-a-brain-injury.html

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:03:06 +0000

I’m a surfer and skater who, at the time of my similar injury, was spending time with my parents in Florida……….i crashed going very fast over a inter-coastal bridge on my longboard. I have some thoughts, but 7 years after this, all I can say is a good part of regaining your previous self, has alot to do with the person. Their motivation (which is terrible, because all the prescriptions turn a person into a sloth), and giving that person (your son) his freedom while making sure he doesn’t harm himself………. & you are very right ta say the Dr’s in Florida (and the rest of the U.S.) are terribly uninformed and unsympathetic to the needs in these cases. I truly wish you both the best

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:06:07 +0000

Cannot emphasize enough – after damage to the cranium who better to restore the original shape than a cranial osteopath, and without the original shape it’s pressure for life.
Besides, they also know when a cervical vertebrae is compressing a neck artery and maybe can decompress it. But, take a minder with you when you go.

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:51:01 +0000

Caution. If someone with schizophreniform symptoms consequent on a head or head>neck injury is paranoid and could be violent, unless they are locked up they need to be on anti psychotic medications because otherwise they might kill someone.

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:45:43 +0000

A very proficient cranial osteopath might help but make sure they are aware of the entire background and that your son has someone with him when he is treated in case he abreacts.

These osteopaths can take the pain out of 50 years back head impact accidents, they gently put the cranium back into shape, and your son will also benefit from the huge amount of knowledge many of them have because their professionalism includes genuine care.

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:35:29 +0000

One reason why clinicians cannot comprehend that schizophreniform symptoms are the result of a head or head to neck injury is because they cannot measure the amount of oxygen in the basilar artery feeding so much of the brain, and have this weird idea that a blocked neck artery is always compensated by the other three neck arteries when any plumber would tell them it isn’t.

You need to ask for a clinician who is sufficiently alert to be able to reconcile tbi and schizophreniform symptoms otherwise your son will continue to be misdiagnosed by people who prefer to rely on their training than Google appropriately.

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:25:34 +0000

My head>neck injured son with a blocked neck artery, now aged 43, is always okay when he wakes up in the morning but becomes progressively more distraught as the day goes on and the more he uses up the basic brain nutrients which have accrued in the night, and especially if he hasn’t recently taken the Aripi anty psychotic medication.

There are two main factors.

When his cerebral oxygen and other brain nutrient concentrations are diminished he as the day goes on is suffering from an oxygen and nutrient deficiency crisis and needs two things:

Immediate sleep, or at least a lie down in a quiet room, with music and earphones if his loose tapes are acting up as a result of the excess dopamine.

Anti psychotic medication to counteract the oxygen and nutrient deficit stress related excess dopamine production which causes the loose tapes.

Any explanation of people having to use anti psychotics which does not explain the science is surreal and misleading.

Comment on Does traumatic brain injury ‘cause’ schizophrenia? by Rosemary

Rosemary — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:05:33 +0000

anyone with damage and inflammation to brain cells causing less oxygen uptake will likely need anti dopamine agents like the anti psychotics because in this situation the brain creates more dopamine, and excess dopamine causes problems with thinking. (ie it’s a stress response to keep the body working) the initial and continual damage create inflammation, and bio organisms always attack the least defended tissue. that is why antibiotics help so called schizophrenics. – see Japanese study on schizophrenia and anti biotics. What needs to be done is to reverse the damage. This may mean clearing blocked arteries, and that is difficult because of the possibility of causing strokes.