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For people struggling to get vestibular therapy

Here's a youtube channel with vestibular and other sensory balancing techniques. There is a disclaimer that suggests asking your GP etc before trying them....

Here's a youtube channel with vestibular and other sensory balancing techniques....

•3 years ago

Clare Rutter and SUP

Fellow paddler Clare Rutter writes in SUP magazine about paddleboarding and Gran Canaria... The June 2021 issue of @SUPMagUK is now free online. I contributed...

Fellow paddler Clare Rutter writes in SUP magazine about paddleboarding and Gran...

•3 years ago

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Hello I am new here

I have been home from hospital since July 30th and mostly recovering well except for an infection which was first thought to be shingles I am half way through...

I have been home from hospital since July 30th and mostly recovering well except...

•3 years ago

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Finding it difficult to not get frustrated helping my friend with his brain inury.

Hi everyone, My friend collapsed into the road just over 2yrs ago and sustained a TBI. After coming out of hospital after a month we've had to find any help...

Hi everyone, My friend collapsed into the road just over 2yrs ago and sustained ...

•3 years ago

Neuropsychologist

Could someone please give a bit of clarity here. What is the role of a neuropsychologist??? We have one in our lives...but hell knows what she's meant to...

Could someone please give a bit of clarity here. What is the role of a neurops...

•3 years ago

justice/compassion

i think its expected.have spoken to many people over months who have had stories to tell.the heartwrenching pain we have felt for others is overwhelming.all...

i think its expected.have spoken to many people over months who have had stories...

•3 years ago

a update on my post on advice needed on mental health and a big thank you x

hello everyone that has read and replied to my post about mental health , i got in touch with MIND , i self referred myself via online form then about 2 hours...

hello everyone that has read and replied to my post about mental health , i got ...

•3 years ago

Update following 6 week best interest meeting.

Hi all, sorry i have not been on here or replied to people in my previous post but i really do appreciate all of your comments and advice. It is so helpful and...

Hi all, sorry i have not been on here or replied to people in my previous post b...

•3 years ago

Lucy Dawson: the model who got a mystery headache, a misdiagnosis – and a new mission in life

Just published on The Guardian this story of a person who was diagnosed as having a mental breakdown when in reality she had an acquired brain injury from...

Just published on The Guardian this story of a person who was diagnosed as havin...

•3 years ago

Impossible to reach acceptance

Yet another night of not sleeping, I keep thinking dangerous and unwise thoughts about what my life would’ve been like if I hadn’t been brain injured, what I...

Yet another night of not sleeping, I keep thinking dangerous and unwise thoughts...

•3 years ago

New Job Worries

I'm about to start a new job. They use a contractor to do a health assessment before we start. It's a phone interview the day before I start. My injury...

I'm about to start a new job. They use a contractor to do a health assessment be...

•3 years ago

Diagnosing mild TBI

I am looking for answers/diagnosis for my son that was injured in a fall in 2010. He suffered a basilar skull fracture and had a concussion but no internal...

I am looking for answers/diagnosis for my son that was injured in a fall in 2010...

•3 years ago

keeping humour

sometimes its hard to explain how some things make you laugh amongst all this madness.some years ago sean once asked me what did i know about jethro tull.i...

sometimes its hard to explain how some things make you laugh amongst all this ma...

•3 years ago

only me

soo very tired sick of liers thats what happens.this one says,that one ya de ya,.another gala day today burgers hot dogs they even had ice cream van,on my...

soo very tired sick of liers thats what happens.this one says,that one ya de ya,...

•3 years ago

advice on mental health support needed please x

hello u lovely lot , i dont post much as i keep forgetting , just wondering who i should get some mental health support from , a normal counsellor or a...

hello u lovely lot , i dont post much as i keep forgetting , just wondering who ...

•3 years ago

Update after tracheostomy removal and difficult week

Hi all. Sorry not been on for a while but really struggled this week riding a rollercoaster of emotions. My daughter had her tracheostomy removed on Thursday...

Hi all. Sorry not been on for a while but really struggled this week riding a ro...

•3 years ago

Recommendations for a craniopath

Hi I haven’t posted in a while but I really need some advice. Please could people give me their opinions on any good crainopaths that they have seen that they...

Hi I haven’t posted in a while but I really need some advice. Please could peopl...

•3 years ago

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Hello!

Hello all! I am new to the community. 2 months ago my mom's undetected brain aneurysm ruptured. We feared the worst but got the best. After being in an induced...

Hello all! I am new to the community. 2 months ago my mom's undetected brain ane...

•3 years ago

amnesia

i must have it?i dont remember ?sean was sent to hospital sunday extreme agitation hitting all and himself.he ok now but no reason given for outburst.one more...

i must have it?i dont remember ?sean was sent to hospital sunday extreme agitati...

•3 years ago

Anxiety

I have been on sertraline for 12 years originally for depression but last 12 months for my anxiety. I went upto 200mg in feb due to an increase of anxiety. Up...

I have been on sertraline for 12 years originally for depression but last 12 mon...

•3 years ago

"friday 13th"

hiya,as some of you know im a bit into signs and stuff..bit worried about visit day on 13th,normally id stay indoors.clearly there was no way i was going to...

hiya,as some of you know im a bit into signs and stuff..bit worried about visit ...

•3 years ago

Mini me

Hi all so it was my partner’s birthday the other week and as he’s in hospital I thought what can I get him,so I found a company that printed faces onto dolls...

Hi all so it was my partner’s birthday the other week and as he’s in hospital I ...

•3 years ago

Looking for people who related

Something I’ve found through this whole journey, is that having a brain injury is really isolating, my friends are out doing things and i desperately want to...

Something I’ve found through this whole journey, is that having a brain injury i...

•3 years ago

Nobody expects a brain injury

One thing that has struck me since the accident is nobody EVER thinks that they will get a brain injury. I’ll be honest before I had a brain injury I knew...

One thing that has struck me since the accident is nobody EVER thinks that they ...

•3 years ago

Tiger

Hi Folks, One of my favourite disability groups has closed now :(. It was mainly due to the pandemic. The two ladies who run the club are in their late 70s,...

Hi Folks, One of my favourite disability groups has closed now :(. It was mainly...

•3 years ago

NHS centre for neuro rehab and assessment.

I had to fight and struggle to get assessed, was shocked at the lack of knowledge within my health authority. If you are having problems try this rehab and...

I had to fight and struggle to get assessed, was shocked at the lack of knowledg...

•3 years ago

Velafaxine

Does anyone have any successful venlafaxine stories please? It’s my next med to try x I have severe anxiety and panic which has led to depression. I’m...

Does anyone have any successful venlafaxine stories please? It’s my next med to ...

•3 years ago

First Day back at 'my' Headway..... Great Fun.

Dear all, Today I Returned to 'my' Headway (Essex), for the First Time- since Lockdown. It was a Social Day, a good day to start, we had an 'Escape Room'...

Dear all, Today I Returned to 'my' Headway (Essex), for the First Time- since Lo...

•3 years ago

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Covid jab

Who has had there covid jab

Who has had there covid jab

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•3 years ago

Reaching Out Social Media

So since April/May time been playing tug and war with coming out of auto pilot/ reaching out. I joined Twitter in June . I joined FB Saturday night and just...

So since April/May time been playing tug and war with coming out of auto pilot/ ...

•3 years ago

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