It is possible that a head injury can be causing you depression. After a head injury, the brain is fighting to stabilize it’s functioning including metabolism. What this does is slows down the brains functioning and depresses several of its systems. In effect,...
Those of us who do not have a head injury do not understand the difficulties of living in normal society. Life is chaotic, loud, fast, and confusing when you have a head injury. Simply answering a question can be an obstacle and remembering what you were doing...
Because the brain helps regulate many of our daily functions and body systems to survive, many things in your life may change after a head injury. Memory and reaction time is compromised but other behavioral functions can be affected as well such as social isolation...
It could be possible that past concussions are still affecting you. Many factors play into how your brain injury may be affecting you today such as diet, activity level, genetics, previous mental illnesses, stress levels, where you live, and current medications. Not...
The high variability in mTBI recovery creates a prognosis that is widely unknown and unstable. In a literature review presented by Levin and Diaz-Arrastia (2015), one source found that confusion could clear within the first day after the injury and post-concussion...
Overall, symptoms from brain injuries are complex and may appear as mental disorders, causing confusion among mental health professionals. The DSM-5 (2013) states that TBI can result in bipolar disorder, depressive disorders, dissociative amnesia, hoarding disorder,...
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