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Oh yeah, drug abuse is a common thing to come across in TBI support groups. Executive functioning and self regulation issues, frontal lobe stuff and impulse con
by flycaliguy 10y ago
Oh yeah, drug abuse is a common thing to come across in TBI support groups. Executive functioning and self regulation issues, frontal lobe stuff and impulse control. It's where the TBI people go Venn diagram with the ADD/ADHD people.
- Bombthecat 10y agoYou think add/adhd existed before the tbi and the accident made it worse and the drug abuse is a way you try to control it?
- flycaliguy 10y agoDefinitely a possibility. Without testing from before an accident its a bit of a guessing game with anecdotal evidence from family members. But yeah, based off my experience I can totally see how a smart kid with ADD that floated through the system would find a tbi suddenly making previous obstacles into show stoppers. Same with depression. When your executive functioning takes a hit you are now operating without the full feature set. These things do tend to play off each other and it's easy to start pilling disorders up once you've got a few biggies. My doctors generally tried to pull me away from playing a labeling game. Studying psychology during my recovery had me basically diagnosing myself with new stuff every term. Instead we worked towards pragmatic goals of reestablishing my concentration, healthy sleeping and impulse regulation. It occurs to me now that living in Canada perhaps made the process of arranging specialists easier.