All posts in 'TBI Voices'

Angela discusses using an iPad after Brain Injury

Posted on July 25th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Part Seven (how Angela uses an Ipad to accommodate TBI) is at http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/use-of-the-ipad-to-accomodate-tbi/   The previous part’s discussion about amnesia and memory transitioned to Angela’s explanation of how she currently uses an iPad to assist her.  Before she got her iPad, she had relied on multiple notebooks to remember things,..
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Angela-Amnesia after Brain Injury

Posted on July 24th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Part Six of Angela’s story  is at http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/amnesia-and-what-angela-cant-remember/   Actual amnesia after brain injury is much different than the way it is portrayed in the movies.  Rarely, does brain damage cause the injury person to forget who they were or life’s events.  Almost all brain injury amnesia relates to a..
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She Wants Other Survivors To Hear What She Has To Say

Posted on July 23rd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Angela Part Five   Part Five of Angela’s story at http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/tbi-symptoms-and-stress-a-brains-decompensation-because-of-pathology/ Mood issues are pervasive after a brain injury, but can also distract diagnosticians focus from the pathology of the injury to the non-organic explanations of what happened.  In properly assessing the mood issues after Angela’s injury, it is important..
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Angela Suffers Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury in Car Truck Collision

Posted on July 20th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Voices began with the story of Angela, who suffered a complicated moderate brain injury, including a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Part One of the Angela story is at http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/the-tbi-voices-story-begins/  Unlike most of our other interviews, we began not with the words of our interview, but words of an essay Angela wrote about herself...
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Revisiting the Beginnings of TBI Voices

Posted on July 17th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Many of our regular followers have not been with TBI Voices since the beginning.  Thus, I thought it would be a good idea to review how we started and in the next few weeks, go over some of our early stories, so that those who are following us now, could..
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TBI Recovery: Conclusion – You Never Stop Learning

Posted on July 16th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Recovery: Michael Part Thirty-Six In Michael part thirty-six and the conclusion of Michael’s story he talks about how you never stop learning about TBI recovery. Michael Concludes in Part Thirty Six – You Never Stop Learning the TBI Recovery   What is it you to say to help other..
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Severe Brain Injury Frontal Lobe Issues: Ongoing Issues After TBI

Posted on July 12th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Severe Brain Injury Frontal Lobe Issues: Michael Part Thirty Five     We discussed a series of severe brain injury frontal lobe issues throughout our interview with Michael, but two he gave me some additional information about were difficulties with changes in routine and insight. How Michael Deals with his Severe..
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Psychological Medication Management for Psych Issues After TBI

Posted on July 11th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Psychological Medication Management: Michael Part Thirty-Four In part thirty-four Michael discusses the different Psychological Medications that he has been prescribed and how they effect him. You mentioned that when your mania gets to be a problem, you go through money quickly? Yes. Does the psychological medication help with that? I would say,..
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Brain Injury Time Management Challenges

Posted on July 10th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Time Management Challenges: Michael Part Thirty-Three In part Thirty-three Michael discusses his issues with brain injury time management that he has and the problems that it causes him. You managed to make it through the wedding. Do you have problems planning things because of brain injury time management?..
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Brain Injury Disinhibition Makes Humor Potentially Offensive

Posted on July 9th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Brain Injury Disinhibition: Michael Part Thirty-Two In Part thirty-one Michael talks about his brain injury disinhibition and the difficulties he has to control it in everyday life. There are a number of frontal lobe issues that you have touched on in examples and I wanted to cover some of those in..
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