Once a very young person has aged beyond a certain threshold for “Plasticity” it is gone. I am convinced that a severe concussion can disrupt the hypothalamic pituitary axis and produce all the symptoms you describe. Since many of these functions are not strictly “neuronal” but rather “micro hormonal” there probably is some recovery and even at lower levels receptor supersensitivty may actually result in fairly normal function. Just guessing. But in the sense of “healing” the Central Nervous System is extremely limited in what it can do.
No actually what you said meshes well with what I have read. I just never put it all together.
You are right about the hypothalamus. Damage to it and/or brain stem cause SO MUCH Grief :(
But you seem to have intricate knowledge of the brain and hormones.
Doctor? Scientist? Jut curious.
Since we’re adults here, I take Wellbutrin for several reasons, though it is mainly an antidepressant.
But without it, I feel nothing during the end result of sex. Nothing. With Wellbutrin, it feels like it did before the injury.
It is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor which is why it has that effect, the doctor says.
So I guess I am lacking in dopamine production? Any ideas there?
It is also called the poor man’s cocaine for the same reason. Though I’ve never known anyone to abuse it.
I’ve read somewhere that Pasteur lost a third of his brain function from stroke, but did some of his most useful work after that (not quite the same as losing it, but still, the brain is capable of a lot more than we think).
As well, the brain functions may not be entirely restricted to the gray matter, but use the fluids between the cells, as well (almost another brain).