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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 ...
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Vitamins for cognition

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

Negative Posting About the NHS

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

I know I’ve been on here multiple times, I do mindfulness and yoga, practice som...
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Informing DVLA

Hi all. You've been super helpful before so wonder if you can help with another ...
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Sertraline for mTBI

My neurologist just said there's a paper which found that sertraline can be help...
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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 exerc...
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Airport Special Assistance

Just found out from my local Headway group that we can get special assistance at...
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No one to talk to

no one to talk to about the brain problems i have. So upset.
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lack of interest in everything

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

do you feel like you are two people

just a question really as I feel like I am two people . I remember the old me co...
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Irlens syndrome (visual problems) video

Came across this on YouTube It's similar to another visual processing problem -...
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Train travel difficulties

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

hi everybody, you will never guess now what my ex-husband is saying, well I’ll ...
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I'm shocked, no recording allowed

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

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

Hello everybody, I've been meaning to ask you guys a question for ages, so here ...
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£9.5 million project to develop a diagnostic and treatment model for TBI.

So many people have shared stories of bewilderment and shock at the NHS's inabil...
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Smell or taste.

Hi, I have no sense of smell or taste due to my accident 16 months ago. I can te...
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Optometry.

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

I had a subarachnoid hemorage in 2016 and have not worked since then, I'm curren...
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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 li...

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 si...
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please help

My fiancé suffered a major stroke two weeks ago a day after being diagnosed with...
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confusion & anger

I suffer with long covid since 2021. In October 2023, I suffered a fall which re...

Sunset Blue

Hi folks, Just finished a picture I drew for my dad. I'll get it printed onto ...
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Has anyone been diagnosed with 'Da Costa Syndrome' after a head injury.

Weird histories involving concussion. Da Costa syndrome first appeared in the Am...
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It's time....

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

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