This post hits home. I suffered a bad brain injury eight years ago and my memory has been getting worse at a quicker pace the past year. I have tried pretty much everything on that list, but I get tired of taking everything and get depressed when I read the weak studies the claims are based on. Plus it seems to me that these may help keep a brain healthy but not heal a damaged brain eight years later. Any thoughts? I’m not a natural optimist which doesn’t help.
Unfortunately, most neuron damage doesn’t heal. The neurons don’t repair themselves, and new neurons don’t grow. There has been some encouraging research using various nerve growth factors to induce new nerve growth in spinal and peripheral nerve injuries, but not much progress in getting the brain to grow new cells or even just new connections to replace the ones lost.
I cared for my husband who was dying of Alzheimers. I have extensive knowledge of therapeutic nutrition. I used all I knew to try to slow or reverse his illness. I don’t know if I succeeded in slowing it, but what I did succeed in was keeping his physical health in pretty good shape. The end result was I could honor his wish to die at home, and he was physically healthy and mobile up until the last month before he died. I would write more, but I need to go to sleep now, but will come back tomorrow.
My daughter suffered a horrific TBI about 8 years ago, too. I can tell you what makes a huge difference with her cognition on a day to day basis is just getting enough sleep.
Brain trauma survivor here...Tumeric, B-12, faith and constantly involving myself in different, difficult or interesting tasks and challenges get the best results in my world. Since my accident, I can’t say my brain works worse, I can say it works different.