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Mental rehabilitation

Has anyone ever been to a mental rehabilitation place I’m in so a bad way my so called family feel this would help I’ve never heard of anything like this...

Has anyone ever been to a mental rehabilitation place I’m in so a bad way my so ...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

Replacement TV - strange effect

Our TV decided it was boring being normal and went all LSD rather than being LCD and we now have a purple hue all over the screen. So we swapped one from a...

Our TV decided it was boring being normal and went all LSD rather than being LCD...

•4 years ago

My partner doesn't understand...

My partner was amazing in the beginning but a year and half on he's struggling with me? My choices are sometimes wrong and he's swearing a lot calling me all...

My partner was amazing in the beginning but a year and half on he's struggling w...

•4 years ago

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A few questions about cranioplasty

Cranioplasty what/ho How long is the op Howw long is the recovery does it look neat can you tell?? I’ve been told I can fly six weeks post cranioplasty...

Cranioplasty what/ho How long is the op Howw long is the recovery does it look ...

•4 years ago

Fatigue and stuff

Sam is 2 years post TBI and still going in the right direction. Being an impetuous 24 year old he gets very frustrated with feeling low and struggles to accept...

Sam is 2 years post TBI and still going in the right direction. Being an impetuo...

•4 years ago

Has anyone ever appliedpli for a disabled faciliies grant from the council

Just wondering if you where successful and the time line of the application

Just wondering if you where successful and the time line of the application

•4 years ago

Hydrocephalus fatigue and muscle weakness.

Hi, My hydrocephalus wasn't picked up till pretty late in the day, so I have a third ventricle the size of an orange that despite and ETV and a shunt will not...

Hi, My hydrocephalus wasn't picked up till pretty late in the day, so I have a t...

•4 years ago

Grieving process the old you

Greying process Does anyone else feel like they went through a full grieving process for the loss of the person they where pre brain o jury I’m struggling with...

Greying process Does anyone else feel like they went through a full grieving pro...

•4 years ago

Going back to work

How many people after there tbi have managed to return to work I’m so desperate to go back but my fatigue and anxiety and ptsd are all taking over and it’s a...

How many people after there tbi have managed to return to work I’m so desperate ...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

Support

I feel like my partner is not supporting me in this he was there for me whilst I was in my coma and there for me in the hospital but ever since I’ve been home...

I feel like my partner is not supporting me in this he was there for me whilst I...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

Shouting

Does any one get really scared or confused when people shout at you when I say people I mean your partners

Does any one get really scared or confused when people shout at you when I say p...

Braininjurysurvivor

•4 years ago

Get me out of this dream am I alive

Hi , it’s been a while since I have posted so much has happened, since my last post , so my son has a hypoxic brain injury , He is now 22 and after a lot of...

Hi , it’s been a while since I have posted so much has happened, since my last p...

•4 years ago

Finances and benefits

Can anyone recommend any agencies that will support me to apply for any benefits I’m entitled it’s an absolute minefield why do they make it so hard I I feel...

Can anyone recommend any agencies that will support me to apply for any benefits...

•4 years ago

Vision therapy research participants and clinic.

Hi, Cardiff university, school of optometry have a database of research participants and you can apply to be on it. They cover all aspects of optometry...

Hi, Cardiff university, school of optometry have a database of research particip...

•4 years ago

Update on compliance interview.

Thankyou to those who replied. Just wanted to share this do no one else has to worry unnecessarily. I got a standard letter saying I HAD to attend interview......

Thankyou to those who replied. Just wanted to share this do no one else has to w...

•4 years ago

Books and podcasts

Sorry if this is in the wrong place any brain injury related books or podcasts anyone can recommend? Thank you

Sorry if this is in the wrong place any brain injury related books or podcasts a...

•4 years ago

Cardiac Arrest and Hypoxia

I just came across your website as I was researching on hypoxia. My name is Victor from Kenya, Africa. My younger brother (32 yrs old) collapsed(cardiac...

I just came across your website as I was researching on hypoxia. My name is Vic...

•4 years ago

HMRC issues

My friend is in hospital with acquired brain injury from an accident - her husband contacted the Inland Revenue to explain that she is not able to complete her...

My friend is in hospital with acquired brain injury from an accident - her husba...

•4 years ago

Medco-legal information.

Today I received a psychology report for my claim for BI. It recognises that I have post concussion syndrome and that the symptoms I have been experiencing are...

Today I received a psychology report for my claim for BI. It recognises that I h...

•4 years ago

August ABI currently in hospitsl& rehabilitation feeling frustrated and isolated

I’m iin HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION following surgery gone wrong and a burst anuerysm and significant ABI in August new here looking to interact with others...

I’m iin HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION following surgery gone wrong and a burst an...

•4 years ago

Relationships after Brain injury on IGTV

Happy Friday! Hope you get a chance to watch this series on IGTV with @shareyourstrokeofgenius every Sunday at 8pm live, talking relationships after Brain...

Happy Friday! Hope you get a chance to watch this series on IGTV with @shareyour...

•4 years ago

More for the PIP files.

A few of you will be aware of the epic struggle I had getting assessed for PIP (see previous posts). My assessment ended up being a paper assessment and today...

A few of you will be aware of the epic struggle I had getting assessed for PIP (...

•4 years ago

Brain waves and Binaural beats

Has anyone experience of using binaural beats to ease brain noise and symptoms of anxiety and/or depression? Or for help getting into a meditative state? Or...

Has anyone experience of using binaural beats to ease brain noise and symptoms o...

•4 years ago

Advice

Sometimes I need help filling in forms as I do not understand what they are asking. Citizens advice is 14 miles away along with every help organisation out...

Sometimes I need help filling in forms as I do not understand what they are aski...

•4 years ago

Vision therapy.

Hi I've been having a few conversation on here about vision therapy lately. There is a distinct lack of understanding in the UK medical establishment about...

Hi I've been having a few conversation on here about vision therapy lately. Ther...

•4 years ago

Can't sleep

Hi everyone, I have went from one extreme to the other . From doing nothing and sleeping around the clock to doing more and feeling tired and can't sleep 😫....

Hi everyone, I have went from one extreme to the other . From doing nothing and ...

•4 years ago

Nausea and tinnitus

Hello there, I have been suffering from a wide range of ongoing symptoms three months since being concussed (by falling and hitting my head hard on the edge of...

Hello there, I have been suffering from a wide range of ongoing symptoms three m...

•4 years ago

Post Concussion

In 2016 when I was shopping and a shop display fell on my head. I was concussed and dazed and my GP expected me to be okay in a week. This changed to a month,...

In 2016 when I was shopping and a shop display fell on my head. I was concussed ...

•4 years ago

Ideas anyone ?

I'm in a bit of a dilemma. The other day I was talking with a small ( I like to think select) group of friends about life in general when the topic of books...

I'm in a bit of a dilemma. The other day I was talking with a small ( I like to...

•4 years ago

"The Ghost in my Brain"

Has anyone else read this yet? I know some have, you told me about it! I thought it was amazing. I took it with me to my husband's appointment today (I had...

Has anyone else read this yet? I know some have, you told me about it! I thoug...

•4 years ago

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