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Thank you for sharing your story. You may be interested in a book by a psychiatrist named Daniel Amen (his website is amenclinic.com)called Change Your Brain Change Your Life.

Dr. Amen discusses in his book cases of people suffering brain injuries to their left temporal lobe and becoming more irritable and aggressive as a result. Injuries or abnormalities to the prefrontal cortex can cause issues with impulse control (as well as ADHD in some cases). Dr. Amen has photographs of SPECT scans that show abnormal blood flows to these areas.

His thesis is that many pyschiatric disorders are as a result of abnormal blood flow patterns. Very interesting book.

Thanks! I'll try to get it. I think it is fairly common for people that have brain injuries to have problems with aggression and impulse control. My doctors never told me this, but I've done a lot of research on the web.

We've also started giving her EFAs (essential fatty acids). Supposedly, they increase blood flow to the brain, and can help. We're still not sure if it is helping, but it doesn't hurt her. It's just fish oil, and we do not eat much fish.