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mopinko

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10. a childhood head injury has pretty much ruined my daughter's life
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 01:16 PM
Jun 2018

she has epilepsy because of it, but it took 15 years for anyone to figure that out. that includes a pediatric neurologist who treated her for headaches for several years.
shrinks dx'd her w ptsd, because she saw people following her in her peripheral vision. that should have been a clue. but shrinks still seem to think that minds and brains are not the same thing.

anxiety is her constant companion.
she finally started having grand mal seizures, which tipped them off.

maybe you should seek out an expert in tbi. they are always visible on common tests. kiddo had several ct's and mri's that showed nothing. she has to be hospitalized for eeg that lit up almost right away.

so hard to live w a broken brain.

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