Depression Cure Naturally
Although depression responds well to medications, sometimes medications have nasty side effects. The first medication I took when going through my deep depression in 2010, Welbutrin, caused me to have a seizure. This caused me to slip deeper into the depression. So, I looked around for another psychiatrist, and after a few meetings we decided […]
Depression
Whenever anyone asks me about my post-stroke journey, I always start with post-stroke depression (PSD). This, in my opinion, is the worst disability anyone can have after a debilitating event. And I feel sorry for all the people out there who are affected by this monster. My battle with the monster started when […]
Plateaus
Rehabilitation and Plateaus Rehabilitation: the action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after, in our case, a stroke. After a stroke and the realization that you survived comes the recuperation phase in the hospital; the duration of this phase of the journey can differ from person to person but […]
Plasticity
A traumatic brain injury is defined by the Brain Injury Association of America as an alteration in brain function caused by an external force. A non-traumatic brain injury is caused by internal factors, such as stroke or lack of oxygen due to other internal factors such as a hemorrhage in the brain or a brain […]