Jim Kwik and a co-speaker discuss signs of brain injury from physical or emotional trauma: chronic memory lapses, afternoon energy crashes, irritability, sleep problems, emotional outbursts, and severe morning fatigue. They suggest alternative practitioners and supplements can help optimize brain health.
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What are some of the signs that somebody has had some kind of physical, emotional trauma that's affecting their brain? And then how should they proceed in terms of working with their health practitioner?
These can be very subtle for some people that they just know that they're never going to remember anybody's name, for example, and they have to always write people's names down. Or it can be that, you know, that every day at 2 or 3 o'clock, your brain just says you're done and you don't know why. But everybody else, even when you were younger, didn't have any problems, but you always have had problems. Irritability, sleep issues, anger issues, emotional outbursts, challenges with partners, Relationships. These are all signs that could be subtle or not so subtle. Having a hard time keeping a job, having a hard time getting up in the morning and feeling like you don't wake up until noon every day. These are all subtle signs or sometimes not so subtle signs. The good news is that there's more people out there that can help you. You just have to look a little further afield than conventional care, but you can find them. And then getting on some basic supplementation can be really, really helpful. Just know you're not alone too. There's so many people out there that are having challenges, but all of us need matter the spectrum from the worst brain injuries to no brain injuries, can benefit from optimizing our brain health.
