All posts tagged 'seizures'

Seizure Management of Post Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on January 18th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Seizure Management Post TBI: Craig Part Nineteen Craig talks about seizure management after his traumatic brain injury.  His seizures came in the form of shaking and tremors. Now, you went back to the hospital initially because of the tremors, the shaking. And the pain. Give me a sense of the..
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TBI Seizures: Diagnosed with Severe TBI with Seizures

Posted on December 28th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Seizures: Craig Part Seven  Craig tells us about the TBI seizures he suffered in which the medical staff misdiagnosed and called them “shakes” such as in Parkinson’s Disease.   Have you ever gone back to look at your hospital records before your initial hospitalization and those re-admissions?  Yeah, I..
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Suicidal Side Effects of Medications Prescribed

Posted on December 27th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Suicidal Side Effects of Medication: Craig Part Six Craig continues his story talking about the suicidal side effects of the medications that were prescribed to him by his doctor. He explains that his doctor was just trying to help but didn’t understand brain injury so he prescribed psychotropic drugs which..
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Doug-Dealing with Seizures and Headaches

Posted on September 27th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Doug Part  Six – Dealing with Seizures and Headaches https://tbilaw.com/?p=268 Much of the time, brain injury is thought of as a cognitive disorder. Discussions often fail to mention other common problems such as pain, migraines and seizures. Doug talks about his “attacks”—something between a seizure and migraine—that are being treated with..
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Betty-Brain Injury = Physical Injury

Posted on August 21st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Part Four: Brain injury = physical injury http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/severe-brain-injury-comes-with-physical-disability/   Betty was paralyzed for nearly two months after her injury and still has ongoing problems with left sided weakness.  She also has vision and balance and likely has a form of seizure disorder that causes absence spells.   In Part..
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Pet Companion: Dog Critical Companion for TBI Recovery

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

Pet Companion for TBI Recovery: Michael Part Eleven Michael talks about how important his pet companion, his dog Little Bit,  was during his recovery from traumatic brain injury.   Talk to me a bit more about what your parents did in terms of that first year after you got out of..
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Petit Mal Seizures After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on May 21st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Petit Mal Seizures: Part Eight Seizures are typically thought of a dramatic events where the sufferer is lying on the floor, shaking, foaming at the mouth. While these kind of seizures do occur after brain injury, seizure activity covers a broad spectrum of abnormal brain function all the way to..
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Accessibility and the Internet

Posted on September 27th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

The world is forever changing and nowhere is it more evident than in the field of technology. For all of us who have been on the Web for the past decade, the internet of today is a far cry from its humble beginnings. In the past few years Web pages..
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Seizure Dogs and Brain Injury/Seizure Disorders

Posted on April 9th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

I have never been a big fan of the politically correct terms when discussing brain injury, hence my own coining of the term ©Subtle Brain Injury in 1999. See http://subtlebraininjury.com Having served on several boards where all they did was argue about what were the appropriate 30 words to put..
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