Has anyone heard of the frontal lobe paradigm?

I just heard about the frontal lobe paradigm recently and it seems to answer so many of the questions about how my head injury presents itself/ the specific difficulties I have. I am keen to know how others think about this. Seems crazy I haven't heard of it until now. Thanks for reading my post guys.

[Shon48]

I hate to say this but if you google it will get your answer 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Hidden in reply to Shon48]

Thanks Shon48. I had googled it previously. I posted here too as I am interested in what other members might have experienced with this.

[magdolna in reply to Shon48]

More fun to talk to a fellow BI dude. ;o=)

[sealiphone]

It seems to me that this could be a number of different systems, which may be impaired by frontal lobe damage, so you need to be more specific regarding your symptoms

[cat3]

Mmm.... I've Googled it and, after being bombarded with technical jargon, now as much in the dark as before. Mine was a frontal lobe bleed affecting short term memory, executive skills, mobility and emotional stability but I can't for the life of me make the link between frontal lobe trauma and a Paradigm ??

Sorry John I'm stumped ! 🤫🤔 x

[magdolna in reply to cat3]

That is interesting what you are saying as I can relate to your experience post SAH.

I reckon the brain is such an unknown organ like a giant circuit board of zillions of wires, so when a lot of blood covered a lot of my brain, the effects are not surprisingly many. Just have to get on with it. No other option.

[magdolna in reply to cat3]

Cat do you receive any type of disability allowance. Is it something your doctor recommended? I became aware of it lately when looking into living in sheltered housing where you need be pension age and disability. Thanks

[cat3 in reply to magdolna]

No Magdolna ; just my pension. I know I could apply for extra benefits but don't have the stomach for all the red tape. And I've all I need in terms of everyday living...……...lucky compared to some I guess.

Take care m'dear. x

[randomphantoms]

After a little bit of searching .....

There is a search for a paradigm (probably better seen as a policy) for the treatment and care of people with frontal lobe injury.

There is more information about the frontal lobe paradox.

This is to do with how people with frontal lobe injury present to police and medical professionals.

Hope you are making progress with your family stuff.

[Hidden]

Thanks Randomphantoms. Good to hear from you. Hope you are well. I will keep looking into this. Interested in other peoples opinions..... The family stuff is really tough, dead in the water at the moment but I am thinking on it.... Thanks for asking.

[SillyPhil]

This is worth reading. The Frontal Lobe Paradox. It describes me down to the ground. You can appear fine and seem 'normal' yet be unable to achieve anything... headway.org.uk/about-brain-...

[Hidden in reply to SillyPhil]

Thank you so much. It might answer questions for me. But I do wonder if people will just think I am making excuses. We shall see. Cheers.

[SillyPhil]

I printed it and other articles about it off and present it to GP's etc. It is rather hard for people without brain damage to understand but it is a real problem. I can talk the talk, I can tell someone else how to do stuff, but I really struggle to organise, plan, sort, prioritise.. to do it myself. It's infuriating isn't it? Good luck.

[Hidden]

Great comment SillyPhil you describe things really we'll. This is how this presents itself in my life. Thanks.

[eileenleach]

This is how my son is n gets thrown of esa

[Hidden in reply to eileenleach]

Disgusting. I believe the eligibility tests and checks are designed primarily to keep people out. Eg the powers that be know that being able to walk a certain distance or do a certain task (I'm not sure of the exact questions) doesn't mean someone can do them all the time, lots in one day or day after day. From my experience what we can do changes some what as our symptoms change and this is ignored.

[katndog75]

Wow! This describes my partner almost exactly! Although it is early days (bleed in the left frontal lobe in early December) he comes across to other people as perfectly normal, but at home he is happy to sit and stare at the wall or TV, leaving everything to me and only doing something when prompted.

[Hidden in reply to katndog75]

It very well might be part of the reason for his symptoms but with a bit more time you might find he makes further improvements too as he heals somewhat. Fingers crossed for you both. Maybe talk about set tasks for him each week or day so he can get used to doing them as routine.

[eileenleach in reply to katndog75]

Well my sons was front lobal injury in car crash so please read up on as much as possible on effects of it as I had to learn it myself over the years n it’s been awful, still early days for your partner so talk him into getting referals for brain training n to physchotherapists or whatever u call it Cos headway told me I should sue nhs for not doing all this with my son, headway told me to look up executive dysfunction n that described my son x

[Hidden in reply to eileenleach]

Executive Disfunction it definitely worth looking into.

[sealiphone]

If we're thinking about how we can give others an insight to our experience the paradigm approach is the worst in my experience.

My frontal lobe injury shows abnormal attention and I have some rather strange visual experiences. So I read up on the research, as I was surprised attention could be the cause, fully primed a explanation produced blank stares even with my GP.

So now I just say I get overwhelmed and people understand (?).

[magdolna]

I have also just come upon the concept? In fact my symptoms seem to be getting worse eg short term memory. Never a dull moment with this pesky BI!!!