Brain Injury Support Group
Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Outcome can be anything from complete recovery to permanent disability or death. A coma can also affect a child's brain.
I wsa in an aiccdetn in Jenu of 2010. Siecn thne I heva bnee wretigni tyepgni adn tetxgni thsi wya. Whne I am doign it it lkoos nromla. When I go bkca adn reda it letra , I flee lkie soemoen is plyagni a jkoe on me ovre and orve. I am awrea thta I do thsi, it is hrda to "fxi" wenh I am in porcsse as it lkoos feni to me. I alos dela whti srto trme mmemryo lsso as wlle as retnetnio isseus. I am crruertnyl in sphcee threayp, ddi 6 mo of OT. Neon of my neuor drs heva "snee" thsi. Adn tyhe all steat thta it is nto cnossitnta whti psto cnocusseiv snydrmo. Ayn hple or adveic woudl be appreicated. I ddi gte semo adveci ltsa wkee on anthore frmou thta it mya be a frmo of dsygrahpai... whne lkooign at teh dsicpirtiosn I thughto pssoibly dsilxeci dsygrahpai? Ayn inshgti?
Many of us are dealing with scrambled thoughts etc but it must be so hard when you can not write down how you are feeling.
Are you able to speak ok? I wonder if you are able to explain to your neuro and anyone else how you are feeling. It must be so frustrating. Please feel free to carry on writing and i will do my best to get back to you. Oh and welcome to this site. There are some great people on here. I had was hit by a car in 2007 so I've had a few more years in the recovery process than you. I do hope things will improve for you but please continue to write and i will do my best to respond
Can you read a book like you used to, or to much writing on the page to focus?
Since my second head whatever, they dont know if a stroke then damaged in fall on several hard objects and home alone at time, so cant say how long I was unconscious, I have a lot of trouble writing, as if i cant do the letters anymore. Often so bad I cant read it, but different to yours. Have they mentioned any areas of brain been damaged? Please stay with us, we understand the troubles we have to go through and how they change our lives.
Have you tried a speech to text application such as Dragon Naturally Speaking or Dragon Dictation? As long as your speaking is fairly clear, it does a nice job scribing for you.
Best of luck to you. And by the way, I, too, could decipher your writing. :)
If you just think to yourself (not writing, just thinking) can you spell out a word? Say you think to yourself "Since then..." then spell out to yourself "S-I-N-C-E T-H-E-N". Maybe if you make a habit of doing that when you're having down time then try to incorporate it into writing. It may be that we become so comfortable after years of writing out our thoughts that few people mentally spell out the words but instead think and automatically write it out as we go. Instead of just planning to write "hello" actually mentally take the time to think H then E....etc.
It will make things slower for sure but it may help a bit. I have no experience with this personally, so I'm just throwing this out there, but it may be worth the try.
1. natbackagain: I speka fnei, no prblomes theer..ohtre thne I gte cnofeuds whne tyrign to explnait thgnis soemtmeis.
2. drambuie62: Mots poelep heva todl me thta thye cna reda whta I am wrteigi/tyepgni.. thuohg my wretign is hrdare to dsiphree I thnki.It teaks tmei adn mreo efferto fro smeo thne othres. Myaeb I am hlpegni othres wkro otu theri brani! :)
3.Crusevi wrgtni is amlots impssoibel fro me. Oen of my snos hda teh seam thghtuo...btu it is juts a srcbbiel msse.
4.Aust: I cna rdea fnei...BTU I cnta retnai infromatnio. I udes to rdea sevrla novles a mo. nwo I rdea a paarghrpha or a chrpate adn ste it dwno adn go bkca adn remmber nohtgni, I dotn regcongiez teh charters or stryo lien..ist lkie I heva nevre startde teh bkoo. I wnodre if yuro wrgniti dfficultsei aer dsygrahipa? Aer thye wokirngi on thta whti yuo?
5. I knwo thta teh fMIR I hda shwode 2 aersa of teh brani thta weer nto wha seh clldea "frign" teh thlamosu is oen..I cnta remmebre teh ohtre. Tyeh aer locatde insdei of teh brnia, lkie if yuo slpti it in hfla dwno teh middel it is teh prts nrea teh brnia stme. oen ( ithnki is is teh thlamuos?) hlpes cnotlor attnetnio ect. so thsi mya be affctegi my mmemryo? aftre teh 3dr tets it swode a sgnifictna decseea in all aresa adn teh lsta 2 tetss weer flta lnie.. my nueor Dr. sdia seh thnkis thsi is beceusa of "brani fatuqie".
6. Haymom7: My sno juts brthuo me a pheno thta hsa vieoc dcitatoin so I cna sden tetx adn anserw mgs onleni whne I ues thta. Im sllit figreugni it otu , btu it hsa litrellya chanegd evryethgni fro me tah ltsa ocuelp of wkees. It is amewso to be abel to txte my clitnse adn knwo tyhe cna undresdtna me. :) I heva trdei insllgni wnidwso vioec on my lpatpo btu it is nto wrkoign.. I tlkade to soemoen abtuo Drgano adn knwo it woudl be grtea..btu thye sdai it pbrolaby wotn wokr on my cmop beceusa it desotn heva enuohg rmoo or soemthgni? I dtno knwo I am computre dmbu! :)
7. MichiMonster: Thsi s par of my threayp.. to slwo dwno adn splle otu teh wdro otu lodu.. it is a veyr slwo adn fsrutragni porcsse.... if I do it I cna sllpe teh wdro otu... btu aftre I sllpe 1 or 2 wdrso otu I heva lots whta i wsa syagni adn ctna remmebr, thne ist juts frgote abtuo it..veyr frsutratgni. I heva a 6 yr odl kndiregartnere adn my 5 yr odl grdnadauhtgre lievs whti us.. thye aer boht alwsya aksgni heo to sllpe thgnis tyhe wtna to wrtei.. I dtno knwo if it is hlpegni. I am a grtea sllpere, nevre hda pbrolme s whti thta, fro soem reasno whne it htsi teh ppare it is all jumbedl. ??? Cna yuo imageni hwo lngo it woudl heva takne me to respnod to thsi?...wlle...I prbayl woudltn heva bnee abel to beceusa I woudl forgte whta I am syani. I so apperciaet evryneo heer! Tnskah so muhc fro yuro cragni cnocrne! P.S. adn yuo aer all wlecemo fro teh brnai wrkotuo thsi mornign. :) xo