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Posted by sregan on November 19, 2006, at 20:09:06
I just read a fairly interesting article about a specific type of brain injury that usually originates from a head trauma, or hypoxia or hypoglicemia...
"30% of people with panic disorder have focal brain injury as a cause according to Dr. Seastrunk's tests."
"Whiplash can also cause focal brain injury. Focal brain injury can be inherited. All the causes of non-traumatic brain injury such as hypoxia (insufficient oxygen to the brain) and hypoglycemia (insufficient sugar). Frontal lobes are most commonly injured. In CFIDS, in the least, is left frontal lobe brain injury. In MCS, it can be in multiple areas. Vascular disease, toxic conditions, substance abuse, infections (mycoplasma incognitus, herpes, Chlamydia pneumonia), high fevers, MS, Alzheimer's, ALS, tumors, and brain malformations can all be associated with brain focal dysfunction."
For treating this problem
"The cornerstone for treatment is the anticonvulsant, gabapentin (Neurontin). It is a pure amino acid that people thought would act like GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter. It doesn't. Neurontin was developed by the Japanese as an anti-spasmodic. It was sold to Parke-Davis who discovered its anti-epileptic properties. In the trials, they used too low of dose so that they only got efficacy as an adjunct to other anticonvulsants. They are in the process in doing studies with it as a single agent. Commonly used in the US today as a single agent with a dosages ranging from 3,000 to 6,000 mg/day with many people taking as high as 9,000-10,000 mg. It is not toxic."
FROM: http://web.tampabay.rr.com/lymecfs/seastrunk.htm
Shawn
Posted by Squiggles on November 19, 2006, at 20:51:32
In reply to Focal Brain Injury and Panic also CFS/MCS/FMS, posted by sregan on November 19, 2006, at 20:09:06
Interesting -- one of my treasured books
is "Frontal Lobe Function and Dysfunction".
I can't understand most of it, but the parts
that I do are really inspiring. I've always
thought that such injuries as head crash are
underestimated. And of course they would be
as we did not have MRIs and PetSpectrometers
etc. for the brain until recently. But now
you can actually find lesions and tumours that
are directly responsible for focal areas that
correspond to certain behavioural abnormalities,
and emotional ones. I don't know about the metabolic ones -- i gues that's spinal tap and
blood tests.This drug neurontin is not new; i recall it
was used for panic 15 yrs. ago, but i think
it's agitating, no? Maybe it has advantages
over high-dosing of benzos.Squiggles
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