My husband had a bad accident, resulting in frontal lobe damage, several years ago. Years prior to us meeting. I read the post accident paperwork at the time, stating that he had an increase in anger afterwards. This has now become an issue that I am dealing with. I am pregnant with our 3rd baby. Over the past years that we've been together, he has had episodes where he flies off the handle uncontrollably. I am now scared of the harm that he will cause to myself, and the way his anger displayed will affect our children... Which are toddlers at the time... And just becoming older and more aware.
What should he do to help control himself? Is there medication?
Anyone have their personal experience with this, and have any advice they can give?
I'm searching for some input from someone who has had an injury similar to mine.
In 2008 I was in a motorcycle accident where I had frontal lobe damage and brain bleeding. I was told that I had two craniotomies over the course of 16 hours.
Since then I have suffered from bouts of severe depression as well as bipolar disorder. When depressed I have a tendency of being very angry at most anything. When experiencing symptoms of bipolar I buy tons of crap I don't need and get tatted up everywhere, among other things. I was doing lots of drinking this last year and at one point was driving while doing so. I got caught and now I have that on my record so I stopped drinking.
I stopped smoking weed too and I think that might be the right decision, at least for the state I live in currently because it's illegal.
After I lost my license and my vehicle due to it being totaled I was riding around on a dirt bike and eventually wrecked that too. Broke my femur. Other stuff. Details aren't really relevant. I'm sure you get the idea that I'm impulsive and didn't give a shit if I died.
So I have impulsivity, severe depression, insomnia, anger issues (mostly in control currently), occasional mania (more in control without the weed influence), and memory problems. Also difficulty in speech on occasion, usually while depressed and sleep deprived.
If I get on a medication I'd like for it to be on one that's been proven to be helpful for someone like me. I have in the past gotten on one that's seemed to help and then I stopped taking it probably because it made me feel manic but maybe because I was getting cocky and thought I could replace it with weed instead. I'm too old for that approach now and I would like to be as stable as possible. I've already alienated nearly all of my family and a lot of my friends.
Some people have given me input on here already and I've taken note with what they've said, this is just an additional request for advice and hopefully from more people who've suffered from something similar.
Thanks
As the title suggests, does anybody here have any personal experience with such a case?
*For those uninterested in the backstory, it’s not relevant to answer my question anyways so don’t feel bad about skipping the next paragraph:
Without delving too much into personal nonsense, I’ve been unsuccessfully managing my ADHD via various private agencies for just under a decade now. During this time my symptoms have only continued to get worse despite the many medication adjustments. Through the countless hours I’ve spent reading online and (admittedly, rarely) from books, I always seem to end up ‘connecting the dots’ with frontal lobe damage being the possible cause of a variety of symptoms (which seem too perfect to not be connected in some way).
I’m aware this is too great an assumption to base any of my real life decisions on, please be aware that I’ll still speak to my doctor before doing anything even vaguely medical.
Thanks all!
This is something that Ramani said in a recent video and it's got me thinking.. my nmom really can stop this if she wanted, couldn't she?
If I had to really think about it in terms of that, that narcissists actually can stop themselves, my nmom has got to actually be one of the most evil people imaginable. When I do something bad.. trust me that's on my soul for at least the next 2 days if it was SMALL.
She is purposely just ignoring me and gaslighting me. ON PURPOSE. She's processing what she's doing to me.
Damn, man. Well I guess this can kinda help with the gaslighting..
Age: 30
Sex: F
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 135
Race: Caucasian
Duration of complaint: 6 months
Location: Brain
Any existing relevant medical issues: 2016-2019, slow tapered withdrawl from benzos/ambien, had sensitivities to meds and food during/since.
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Hi there.
As my title says, I have been struggling with nearly all the symptoms of frontal lobe damage (specifically to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex), but imaging done (and MRI and PET scan) shows no damage or issues at all.
To quickly summarize, 6 months ago I was taking quite a few supplements to deal with anxiety. They were l-theanine and an assortment of hemp products from Amazon, oils and gummies. 5 products in total, oils and theanine were used the most. After taking them for 2 months as seeing an increasing amount of anxiety in that time (thus increasing the usage of the supps) and just feeling very strange and detached from myself, I had a sudden bout to mania with no prior history of bipolar/mania/significant depression. This lasted for a day and then, it truly felt like my brain shut off.
While it makes sense to those on the outside that this could be depression/derealization/dissassociation, I have to emphasize the loss of cognitive and executive function. Everything about how my brain worked, my ability think, judge, reason, plan and learn, to the mental and physical way the world and people felt, has changed to nothing but emptiness. I can't understand anything like I did and I struggle in the smallest of conversations. I am, in every way, not the same person. I have physical symptoms of shaking, muscle weakness and jerks, extremely light sleep, and near constant forehead pressure.
I've gotten bloodwork and urine tests done, imaging, seen therapists and have tried a few antidepressants with utterly no success or change at all. Parnate is the next one to try.
In the last 6 months of pure hell, I've researched endlessly and the only thing that matches is frontal lobe damage. Anhedonia, abulia/apathy, loss of sense of humor, loss of empathy, time blindness, difficulty with social cues, facial expressions and metaphors, executive dysfunction. Utterly no sense of self or ability for deep thought or analyzation.
My question would be, what do you suggest for a next step? Would an EEG possibly show anything? If this is FL damage, do I have any hope of getting myself back...? Have I ruined my life? Could I just be plain wrong and this is some sort of extreme depre
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Recently, I was informed that during my birthing process, part of my frontal lobe "died". Apparently, my mother's water broke too soon, which led to permanent damage concerning the frontal lobe. As I was told, an x-ray of my frontal lobe (right after birth), revealed gray matter in that part of the brain. What does this mean for me? I am very concerned by this news. According to what I know on the subject, the frontal lobe is responsible for personality and emotions. Does this mean that due to the dead parts of my brain, I will never have a full or complete personality? Will I never be able to experience what it feels like to have a true personality? Would this impair any part of my health? Thank you very much. Any feedback is appreciated.
Due to his many brain injuries, and the prevalence of them in serial killers/criminals, I'm curious to know if any significant parts of his brain were damaged, or if there's a chance that they were. This could've accounted for his lack of cognitive skills, organisation, planning and emotional expression. I'm intending on writing about this, so if anybody has anything they'd like to discuss regarding brain injuries in psychology, let me know!
I'm an autist. I also got SUPER stuck while being born. Doctors uses forceps to get me out, and caused some frontal lobe damage in the process.
I'm not mad about them doing that. Alive is good I think. Preferable.
Here's the thing that pisses me off tho. The frontal lobe is responsible for a bunch of stuff. Planning. Short term/working memory. Puberty (but that's a whole other story). Impulse control. Impulse control? IMPULSE CONTROL?!
So I'm stuck in this spot where I so strongly desire sameness and rhythm and routine, but I am also the main detriment to achieving it.
It's not like I can't have routines, but they always, always, get broken. After a day, a week, a month. And it's so disheartening. It's like...
Routine. <br> insert Tuesday/random fascination/new song <br> Routine ended. Restart routine. <Error> Routine not found.
And I just can't.... Friggen... Restart it. I want it back. It was one day. Then two. Then a week.. month... I have no routine.
Ahhhhhhhhh
:Endrant:
Anyway. I got six hours sleep. And this is all I can think about. Relatable? Nah? Maybe I'm just crazy?
Let me know.
I just don’t know where to turn to and am having a hard time with this. My family member (16) is everything to me and he ended up needing to get surgery and we’ve been told he does have brain damage on his frontal lobe. Currently he’s at about stage 4 of the Ranchos scale and is just very aggressive and angry and confused.
I guess I just want to know about other people’s experiences. Will he progress past this stage? What will the future be like I guess. I don’t know if any of this could be answered but I’m just really struggling right now and feel like I have no one to talk to
Hello, I have a friend who in 6th grade fell and hit his head on a rock splitting open a spot on the very top of his forehead where his hairline starts. Before the injury, he was a very docile individual, but since the injury, (he is 22 now) he has been increasingly irritable, aggressive, and seems to see no wrong in some of his actions, i.e. threatening his friends if they do something he doesn't like.
I am in no way trying to diagnose or put a label on my friend because I am not qualified to do so. The purpose of this post is simply for me to find some closure I guess I would call it and try to understand why my best friend went from being a docile and sweet person to being someone who is seemingly filled with anger. If there is any information people here can give me, I would really appreciate it. I hope this post doesn't offend anyone for whatever reason, I in no way want that or mean for that to happen with this post.
Thank you in advance.
I have noticed my frontal lobe function is pretty much gone. Any hope in recovery?
-Not many people suffer with Frontal Lobe damage, nor is it known to most teachers ect.-
Hi Gang,
I was trying to figure out why I'm making so many bad choices and engaging in risky behavior after my concussion last June. I'm hoping I snap out of it soon before I cause some irrevocable damage to my life and my relationships.
In the meantime, I still have light and sound sensitivity, speech problems, memory issues, impulsiveness, aggression, etc. I found this list on the internet and talked it over with my doc... She said this is pretty common for post concussion syndrome. I'm suffering the top 5 without a doubt...
https://www.spinalcord.com/blog/frontal-lobe-brain-injury-recovery
Some of the common effects of damage to the frontal lobe include, but are not limited to:
- Sudden changes in behavior, including aggression;
- Impaired moral judgment;
- Memory loss;
- Reduced motor skills and spatial reasoning;
- Declining intelligence;
- Inability to understand/interpret social cues;
- Dementia;
- Impaired language skills;
- Loss of empathic reasoning (ability to relate to the emotions of others); and
- A range of specific syndromes.
Once again, the presence and severity of these symptoms of frontal lobe brain damage can vary depending on the nature/timing of the injury and treatment received. Even a “minor” injury could have far-reaching effects, which is why it’s important to seek treatment for any head injury that could damage the brain.
symptom's of frontal lobe damage:
Sudden changes in behavior, including aggression;
Memory loss; Reduced motor skills and spatial reasoning; Declining intelligence; Inability to understand/interpret social cues;
My god I thought I was reading about me for a second!, no wonder I cannot make decisions for the life of me and always seeking advice and guidance from other people, even from those younger and more inexperienced than me lol, I can barely remember anything, I used to be a great writer, I thought I would be on the road to a career in writing back when I was sharper and when I still had hope, now I can barely write coherent sentences and my grammar is very poor. I am super awkward, I don't make much sense when I talk to people and they always look confused and look at me like wtf. Its no wonder all I wanna do is just stay in bed and hide from this cruel world. People even talk to me like I am stupid which makes it worse!! the only thing I still have intact is my empathy and self awareness which I am thankful for. Though sometimes I do things that can be a bit hurtful to others (like avoiding, ignoring due to my anxiety, ugh im disgusted with myself)
idk how im gonna get any job or develop skills with such poor functing. is it possible to repair the frontal lube?
I'm a 25YO Male with several life impacting disabilities, all of which have been professionally diagnosed. A victim of prolonged CSA, and someone who grew up partially in a big cities foster care system. I am open to any and all questions, stories to share, etc. Please be patient as it takes a lot for me to type long responses. :-)
important cognitive skills in humans, such as emotional expression, problem solving, memory, language, judgment, and sexual behaviors. It is, in essence, the “control panel” of our personality and our ability to communicate. If we have it we will feel depersonalization.
I have done research and it seems that the consensus is that whether you damage the left or right frontal lobe, it causes the same symptoms.
But some on this sub claim that they affect different things.
At 5 I was hit by the side view mirror of a car. This put me in a coma that persisted for two weeks, maybe more. I still remember the moment I woke up which I find crazy
Anyway, I just found out that it damaged my frontal lobe. This explains a lot of qualities I have such as being easy to frustrate and emotionally unstable. I also have a hard time identifying some emotions that I experience. Im pretty social but the effects of the damage might make me a little weird at times.
I'm not really all that bothered knowing this. It intrigues me just knowing that my brain has found ways to cope with this malfunction. The only thing that does bother me is that it'll never cease.
