Recovering from a TBI is something I am still struggling with, also. It is hard to make medical providers understand that you need help or grasp the level of help you need, and friends and family often don't fully understand what you are going through, so it can feel fairly isolated. I've found this forum kind of helpful for the talking bit. It might help to know what is causing your depression, though I know you may not really even know. For me, it was all the changes to my life as I previously knew it were hard for me to accept and adapt to. I am still working on that, actually. Do you have an idea what is bothering you under that depression? Or does it just feel like general post-accident depression without any specific sources? As far as help for the brain itself goes, I am working on using things like getting neuropsychological testing to find ways to help myself more. It feels like if I can find out where I need to work on improving (the kind of things testing can tell me), I can work around people who do not want to or don't know how to help me...do some of it myself. I don't know if any of this helps at all, but I hope so because I do get it.

Thank you very much for the reply and I feel about just like you do as far as isolation and lack of dependence, can’t drive and o my real thing I’ve been told for recovery is to relax, while there are times this is nice, I get very sick of not being able to do anything and depression started In gradeschool and a lot has to do with high expectations of myself and failing to the point where I over think the worst and I know these are things that can be coped with and worked on but injury has amplified it and same time I’m facing divorce and having issues on seeing my daughter wich is really hurtful with or without tbi so just flooding of information that I’m trying to sort and thankfully my parents have been my only help but like you say they can’t fully understand, just as say someone with depression brings it up and you’ve never had it, there’s not a lot of knowledge or knowing what to say if they’ve never had it so tbi is as they say like a thumb print and no two are the same so being taught how to recover my mind hasn’t really been taught and they automatically put me on antidepressants and I know it’s common with tbi but I’ve changed that medication about 3 or 4 times since I’ve been home and given Xanax for anxiety and that stuff can be controlling if you’re not conscious of what you’re doing

Hoping to return to work in a few Months and been referred to a neurosurgeon for a follow up and I’m hoping I can get some more specifics

Have a TBI from a bad car accent in March 2018. Have been out of work since. Problems include, problems with headaches, speech, memory loss, ringing in ear etc.
You need to find doctors that understand TBI which is far and few between.
Went to two neurologist who had no idea how to handle the TBI, and look for one that did. My current Neurologist put me on medication for Parkinson's Disease for a period of one month. The medication is know to help the healing process. I also attend cognitive therapy 2x a week to help me with my memory.
I have periods of depressive which is normal, who would not feel depressed going through this. Feelings of isolation come in because people don't understand what its like to have a TBI when they never had issues with their thinking. Most things that people take for granted, I can't due to the TBI.
On the good side, I do know that in time my problems will get better. Patience is the key. The bottom line is to find doctors that understand TBI and know how to treat the problem.

I honestly agree with all responses and it’s definitely easier to discuss this type of injury amongst others who truly understand and are going through same things because not all tbi’s Are the same and it can get the best of you at times but I do have a follow up with a neurosurgeon very soon and I’m sure I’ll get more input but initially in St. Louis where I was airlifted, did not get too much insight but I am hoping to go back to work maybe in July since that’s all my disability will go to so if I’m not ready to go back then I could possibly lose my job but I’m on Effexor for anti depressant and Xanax as well as Adderall wich I’ve taken before and it does me fair but I feel couped up and don’t know my limitations yet and just got off blood thinner from blood clot but don’t want to do anything that would hit my head. I’m the meantime I try to lay low and basically take it easy on my mind and activity level but it’s just an instant change to your life as well as extremely costly

Right now I have a daughter and going through divorce so that’s flooding my thoughts a lot and a few other things that are putting stress on my brain at the worst time but plan now is to learn what kind of work I can do and find the right balance of medication to stabilize me and not feel so stuck and independent