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Airport Special Assistance

Just found out from my local Headway group that we can get special assistance at airports! Skipping queues, quiet room, chaperoning to gate etc. I'm so...

Just found out from my local Headway group that we can get special assistance at...

•38 minutes ago

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I'm shocked, no recording allowed

I'm :o I just called Microsoft support disability helpline. I informed them that I was recording the call because I have frontal lobe damage. And he informed...

I'm :o I just called Microsoft support disability helpline. I informed them that...

•19 hours ago

Has the strategy for acquired brain injury stalled, failed or just did not get off the ground at all.

Sir Chris Bryant MP, champion for brain injury, followed up on the governments proposed new strategy for acquired brain injury by asking in March how many...

Sir Chris Bryant MP, champion for brain injury, followed up on the governments p...

•2 days ago

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If you live in Liverpool or the North West there is another brain injury charity that can offer help.

Hi, just came across this and though it might be helpful alongside Headway on Merseyside or the surrounding area. They can give help to people in the rest of...

Hi, just came across this and though it might be helpful alongside Headway on Me...

•2 days ago

Train travel difficulties

I4 years on from a TBI, I am still trying and mostly failing , to be as independent as possible. I constantly, however, constantly experience difficulties...

I4 years on from a TBI, I am still trying and mostly failing , to be as indepen...

•2 days ago

Vitamins for cognition

Hello, my adult son has cognitive/short term memory difficulties following a TBI. He takes omega 3, B12, vitamin D and magnesium supplements and it's difficult...

Hello, my adult son has cognitive/short term memory difficulties following a TBI...

•4 days ago

on and on and on

i have a rap..heres"D"needs some therapy,difficult and rude with serious attitude.so i get msg from the man saying wait till i show you cuts on my leg mam.rang...

i have a rap..heres"D"needs some therapy,difficult and rude with serious attitud...

•5 days ago

If you are on benefits after BI you may be able to get lower water bills.

I contacted my water company a couple of years ago to see what they did for people with BI who are on benefits. My water company is Dwr Cymru/ Welsh Water. I...

I contacted my water company a couple of years ago to see what they did for peop...

•5 days ago

Are you on social tariff broadband. Half price if you get certain benefits.

I just checked my BT bill and I'm on the social tariff. Just thought I'd remind you that if you are on universal credit, employment support or pension credits...

I just checked my BT bill and I'm on the social tariff. Just thought I'd remind ...

•6 days ago

downhearted

hi everybody, you will never guess now what my ex-husband is saying, well I’ll tell you he is saying he has never lived in England? Solicitor is doing his...

hi everybody, you will never guess now what my ex-husband is saying, well I’ll ...

•7 days ago

Post concussion syndrome help!

Hello I sustained a concussion playing football 2 1/2 months ago and since then have been experiencing post concussion syndrome. I have tried to stay...

Hello I sustained a concussion playing football 2 1/2 months ago and since the...

•7 days ago

lack of interest in everything

hi guys, for the past few weeks I’ve felt like I don’t care about anything, got no interest in life, family , friends, doing anything at all. I’m completely...

hi guys, for the past few weeks I’ve felt like I don’t care about anything, got ...

Forty-something

•7 days ago

Does anyone have advice on getting Smell & Taste back!?!

When I had my accident TBI I lost my sense of smell and taste. I can taste a little but can smell absolutely nothing at all? Does anyone else have these...

When I had my accident TBI I lost my sense of smell and taste. I can taste a li...

Insaneinthemembrain

•7 days ago

Optometry.

Sorry to be so dumb....but I am, officially. I read a post in here over a year ago in which someone commented that they just walk past post-it notes (used as...

Sorry to be so dumb....but I am, officially. I read a post in here over a year ...

•8 days ago

Sunset Blue

Hi folks, Just finished a picture I drew for my dad. I'll get it printed onto a greetings card and give it to him for Father's day. He better like it :)....

Hi folks, Just finished a picture I drew for my dad. I'll get it printed onto ...

•9 days ago

Has anyone been diagnosed with 'Da Costa Syndrome' after a head injury.

Weird histories involving concussion. Da Costa syndrome first appeared in the American civil war. It was thought to be some kind of heart disease that caused...

Weird histories involving concussion. Da Costa syndrome first appeared in the Am...

•9 days ago

You can arrange fast appointments if hospital waiting rooms make you fatigued.

I always felt worse before appointments because the waiting rooms made me fatigued. It was not only that because the journey to the hospital also took its...

I always felt worse before appointments because the waiting rooms made me fatigu...

•9 days ago

Phsycologist

Hi ,8 years on since my SAH and now starting yet another course of session with a phsycologist for cbt, I still get very tearful but don't know why,can't...

Hi ,8 years on since my SAH and now starting yet another course of session with ...

•10 days ago

Alcohol?!

Hello everybody, I've been meaning to ask you guys a question for ages, so here I am! Right. Ever since my TBI, whenever I drink any alcohol at all, I feel...

Hello everybody, I've been meaning to ask you guys a question for ages, so here ...

•11 days ago

Creatine Revisited

I noticed a post from a few years ago where a member's partner found improvement with cognition and reduction in headaches from a low daily dose of creatine....

I noticed a post from a few years ago where a member's partner found improvement...

•12 days ago

thanks you brilliant freinds!

thanks for all your replies means the world.as usual im picking my battles should i be proud to say im getting good at it?no way,but there you have it.sean and...

thanks for all your replies means the world.as usual im picking my battles shoul...

•12 days ago

How many people get their rehab in video format and is it on YouTube?

Hi, the last time I went for a reassessment of cervical and thoracic spine exercises I asked if they had a video of the exercises because it is easier to...

Hi, the last time I went for a reassessment of cervical and thoracic spine exerc...

•12 days ago

No one to talk to

no one to talk to about the brain problems i have. So upset.

no one to talk to about the brain problems i have. So upset.

•12 days ago

Many years after lithium toxicity

Is there anything to treat neurological problems and PTSD caused by long-term effects of lithium toxicity ?

Is there anything to treat neurological problems and PTSD caused by long-term ef...

•13 days ago

It's time....

It's 17 months after my accident and yes I am still receiving appointments from neuro rehabilitation to help me with understanding what happened to my brain...

It's 17 months after my accident and yes I am still receiving appointments from ...

•14 days ago

Negative Posting About the NHS

Hi all. Recently I have seen some very negative posts/responses to people with regards the NHS and it's lack of performance, commitment, etc., to TBI...

Hi all. Recently I have seen some very negative posts/responses to people with ...

•15 days ago

What causes depression after BI: is it the BI or the sheer sense of hopelessness when you realize there is no realistic rehab on the NHS?

I'm just interested because from experience it seemed the lack of services from the NHS and the persecution from the legal and DWP systems were the things that...

I'm just interested because from experience it seemed the lack of services from ...

•15 days ago

You're welcome to visit my Instagram TBI page!

Hey there everyone. I've just written my latest post on Instagram, describing the effects of my TBI which happened 15 years ago. I've found writing about it...

Hey there everyone. I've just written my latest post on Instagram, describing th...

•16 days ago

Sertraline and brain jury: Listen to the Nicky Cambell Show 02/04/2024. The research has not been done yet.

Hi folks there are discussions about antidepressants and brain injury on this site. There was a professor on the Nicky Cambell show this morning who is setting...

Hi folks there are discussions about antidepressants and brain injury on this si...

•16 days ago

concussion

My elderly mamma recently had a fall and hit her head. She has a concussion but did not pass out. Immediately after while I iced her head she could not...

My elderly mamma recently had a fall and hit her head. She has a concussion but ...

•17 days ago

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