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Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by nitrogen »

agency wrote: post #47
shakezula wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate on your experience with it? I’m super curious about that.

Zolpidem is Ambien, which is notorious for its interesting side-effects https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-amb...

I would never take Ambien myself after someone I know was prescribed it, and instead of sleeping they would black out, blast techno/dance music in their apartment, and scream at the top of their lungs while stomping up and down ("dancing"). Then post about it on social media. All without remembering it, or with only hazy memories.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by the_only_law »

etrautmann wrote: post #43
crispyporkbites wrote: post #24

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You probably are smart enough. It’s never to late to learn and contribute.

This is true. I pivoted from EE to Neuroscience after several years in industry.

How did you manage that? Graduate degree in the field? I dont have a bachelors degree so thats probably the biggest hurdle for me (and I've run the number several times I cant afford to go back). Even in support roles I imagine the culture of the companies in the field place a lot of weight on academic credentials.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by doitLP »

madcow00 wrote: post #9

Things like these makes me realize how little we know about the functioning of brain. Manipulating brain digitally would be perhaps one of the biggest technological revolution after industrial revolution.

We know very little about how the body as a whole functions, especially from a systems perspective. Sure doctors can set bones and give you drugs that are in many cases the physiological equivalent of a sledgehammer, but try asking them what the mechanism of action is of those drugs, or you have Crohn’s or rheumatoid arthritis or insomnia or pinched nerve pain in your back. They have no effing idea.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by nitrogen »

chairmanwow1 wrote: post #25
getlawgdon wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your bizarre use of "malice" explains a lot about why you don't see how "slither" and "come back to life" are plainly uncharitable phraseology to associate with people dealing with tbi. If you can't figure that out, buddy, I don't know what to tell ya.

I think you are off base here. OP’s comment isn’t malicious.

Indeed, to me the comment in question sounds like a subjective description of what the hyporesponsive might be feeling as their lucidity or initiative are taken away after a brief window of activity.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by WalterBright »

getlawgdon wrote: post #22
toolz wrote: post #17

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I believe it would be on you to interpret it more charitably. I'm unsure how you've found a way to take offense with words that aren't readily associated with malice.

Your bizarre use of "malice" explains a lot about why you don't see how "slither" and "come back to life" are plainly uncharitable phraseology to associate with people dealing with tbi. If you can't figure that out, buddy, I don't know what to tell ya.

> "come back to life" are plainly uncharitable phraseology

There are many meanings to the phrase "come back to life". For example, my car "coughs into life" when I start it, and "comes alive" when I floor it, though nobody would infer it is actually alive. If someone "steps lively" that doesn't mean they are otherwise dead. A "live wire" isn't expected to be living, and also a person can be called a "live wire" meaning they're very engaging.

To "come back to life" in this context appears to mean simply that the person becomes animated and responsive to his surroundings. It's a phrase that would never occur to me to be offended by.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by tomcam »

centimeter wrote: post #35
DoreenMichele wrote: post #20

Excerpt: A man, 29-year old, with a history of alcohol abuse suffered from hypoxic-ischemic brain injury after choking on a piece of meat. After an initial, though slow neurological recovery, spontaneous movement and speech disappeared. The patient developed such a severe impairment of arousal that he required intensive auditory and tactile stimulation to maintain a wakeful state. No structural lesions were found usi…

Several years ago I experienced a (thankfully temporary) severe reduction in brain function, for several weeks. I was shocked by the truly abysmal diagnostic capability of modern neuromedicine for anything less than large-scale physical trauma. In my case, they couldn't pin down a cause at all, except to say that the symptoms were consistent with a viral infection of the CNS. What virus? Who knows, we can only test f…

Man, I would like to hear any details on the situation at all that you are willing to provide. When it happened, what you felt like during the experience, what happened upon recovery… The whole thing.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by sand500 »

etrautmann wrote: post #43
crispyporkbites wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You probably are smart enough. It’s never to late to learn and contribute.

This is true. I pivoted from EE to Neuroscience after several years in industry.

did you pay for your Neuroscience degree out of pocket>

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by imwillofficial »

chairmanwow1 wrote: post #25
getlawgdon wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your bizarre use of "malice" explains a lot about why you don't see how "slither" and "come back to life" are plainly uncharitable phraseology to associate with people dealing with tbi. If you can't figure that out, buddy, I don't know what to tell ya.

I think you are off base here. OP’s comment isn’t malicious.

My initial read was OP specifically chose obtuse phrasing in order to cast a malicious tone on the situation.

There is no positive attribute to describe something as “slithering”. Not only does it carry negative connotations, it also poor fits the patients behavior.

So Purposeful use of negative phraseology. Incorrect usage of negative phraseology highlighting the willful choice of such words.

Perhaps the OP is a poor English speaker, if that’s the case, He should not be defended, this negative reaction is a social teaching aid.

Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by [deleted] »

nitrogen wrote: post #51
agency wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zolpidem is Ambien, which is notorious for its interesting side-effects https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-amb...

I would never take Ambien myself after someone I know was prescribed it, and instead of sleeping they would black out, blast techno/dance music in their apartment, and scream at the top of their lungs while stomping up and down ("dancing"). Then post about it on social media. All without remembering it, or with only hazy memories.

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Re: Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

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Post by grecy »

bxtt wrote: post #44

I’ve been taking Zolpidem for about 13 years now and suffer from addiction. I’ve sought treatment for this but it doesn’t work as now I cannot sleep without taking something. If you haven’t taken Z-type sleeping aids, I would definitely suggest not to start, as from experience the consequences outweigh the benefits. I’ve lost a considerable amount of friends/reputation/etc. from the abuse. Every experience that you h…

(Genuinely curious and not trying to downplay the seriousness at all)

What would happen if you took a month off work and all your obligations and stayed home and didn't take anything for a whole month? My understanding is the human body can't go more than about 10 days without sleep [1].

So I assume at that point you would fall asleep, and then over the coming ~20 days hopefully you could normalize it and get back to some kind of unassisted "regular" sleeping.... ?

[1] https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/how-long-can...

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