Medication does not heal a brain injury condition
By:
Dr. Carol Henricks
On
06/02/2025Summary:
The comparison between brain and mind clarifies that blast injury and other
physical brain injury (TBI) that veterans and others experience are physical
wounds that need to be healed. What we consider to be the “mind” is the
evidence of function or dysfunction of the brain.
Does medication make you feel better ? Perhaps, temporarily. Certainly
military veterans are prescribed many medications and some brain injury
symptoms may transiently improve. There is medication to treat the ADHD
(amphetamines). There is medication to treat the anxiety (Valium,
Wellbutrin, Hydroxyzine), and medication to treat the depression (Zoloft,
Citalopram). There is medication to treat the mental fatigue (Provigil).
There is medication to treat the dizzy spells (Antivert, meclizine). There is
medication to help with memory (Aricept). There is medication to facilitate
sleep (Ambien, Trazadone). There is medication to treat Parkinsonian
tremor (Dopamine drugs). Many veterans arrive at the clinic with a plastic
bag full of prescription medications: the more medication they take – the
worse they feel. But guess what ? These medications don’t heal the brain,
they temporarily treat symptoms (which is necessary at times). Over time
the injured brain continues to progressively experience neurodegenerative
changes, and the medication stops “working” and veterans feel worse.
Image From the movie the Awakening.
If you have watched the movie “Awakenings” you have seen patients who had been infected with a viral encephalitis (a
direct infection of the brain) and then experienced clinical
symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Initially the Dopamine drug was effective in treating their injured brains. However as we
saw in the movie the medication stopped working because of
the progression of brain cell death from the initial infectious
process. No new medication solutions were found. The movie
“Awakenings” is a true story.
Symptom management is not the best plan, healing from injury is the only
way to proceed. Our bodies and our brains are designed to heal when
support is provided. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps to drive the healing
response and repair brain injury; it is the only treatment that has ever been
shown to heal a brain injury condition. Skip the medication, heal the
brain ! .
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