Reversing brain damage?

[MyOwnWoman]

Can it be done? I know my brain has suffered a lot from my drinking. Does anyone out there know if it can be helped?

[Lila]

Reversing brain damage?

I don't know. There was this product in the MWO store that was something to reverse time.
I feel kinda dumb asking this, because you already told me stuff to take, but what is your entire treatment for depression or anxiety? With dosages, too.
Thanks,
Lila

[MyOwnWoman]

Reversing brain damage?

Hi Lila.
I take:
Morning - 100 mg 5htp, 500 mg GABA, and 600 mg St Johns Wort.
Night - 100-200 mg 5htp, 500 mg GABA and 300 St Johns Wort.

I know I should be taking fish oil caps too - for mood and brain function but for some reason I haven't been able to work that into my routine.

Oh, and drinking considerably less has helped tons with my depression. And eating well, including qunioa most days.

[livingfree]

Reversing brain damage?

MOW - there are many studies about PS (Phiso bla bla bla Choline) sorry I can't spell it - it's on the list of products for the brain in the health Store here. I've been taking it but I still can't spell. :H But seriously I think it helps. I was on it for awhile before I thought I could tell the difference.

Best to your Brian!! I happen to think you seem pretty smart!

Liv

[lushy]

Reversing brain damage?

Yes, the PS is supposed to do wonders. Have not tried it yet myself but plan to soon.

[Cinders]

Reversing brain damage?

omg. Lushy is going to take a brain enhancing drug. Yikes!!!

[lushy]

Reversing brain damage?

You think my brain is enhanced enough Cindi? That is the nicest thing I have heard all day.

[KateH1]

Reversing brain damage?

Cindi,
We all know that EVERYTHING about Lushy is enhanced!!

[greeneyes]

Reversing brain damage?

Amino acids, but not sure exactly what in particular. I'm doing my middle of the night wanderings. Addiction therapist says it is a year for brain repair. RJ didn't say in her book?

[Evie.Lou]

Reversing brain damage?

The Herb Gingko is cheap and really helps with the Memory.....I have been using it but I forget for how long ???

[greeneyes]

Reversing brain damage?

Evilou!!! I had to LOL.. Ginko helps with memory but your forget for how long you've been using it. :H:H Gee,let me rush out an buy some!:H:H

[Thankful]

Reversing brain damage?

Hi, MyOwnnWoman ~ Just thought I would share with you some interesting info that Wonderworld posted back in Feb. This data really helped keep me stay focused when the doubts started roaming in my mind. I hope this helps answer some of your questions.

Brain Has Remarkable Power to Recover from Alcohol Ravages
January 24, 2007

Excessive alcohol use can literally shrink the brain, impairing memory, learning, and organizational skills. But the brain also can recover most if not all of its capabilities when drinking stops, researchers say.

The Los Angeles Times reported Jan. 22 that MRI studies and cognitive tests were used to track the brain changes in a group of alcohol-dependent subjects as they embarked on the road to sobriety. They found that after just two months of abstinence, the alcoholics' brain volume increased an average of 1.85 percent, while the communication efficiency of their brain cells rose 20 percent. These chemical changes were matched by improvements in tests of cognitive function.

Researchers found that the changes only took place among the alcoholics, not a group of healthy subjects who also were asked to abstain from alcohol use during the study period.

"Abstinence pays off and enables the brain to regain some substance and perform better," said researcher Andreas Bartsch of the University of Wurzburg, Germany. "The adult human brain, and particularly its white matter, seems to possess genuine capabilities for regrowth."

However, the heavy drinkers who had been alcohol-dependent the longest had the most modest recovery in brain function.

Clancy Imislund, managing director of the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles, said that part of the apparent cognitive recovery has to do with the changed worldview that comes with sobriety. "When you straighten out, you get going again and you get some focus outside of yourself," Imislund said. Alcoholics, may "appear to be mentally retarded," he said. "They're not, they're just mentally self-obsessed. They need to be pulled out of themselves. And that's when your cognitive abilities return, I believe."

Reference:
Reference:
Bartsch, A.J., et al. (2007) Manifestations of early brain recovery associated with abstinence from alcoholism. Brain, 130(1): 36-47; doi: 10.1093/brain/awl303.



Another article:

New Cells Can Develop For Years After Quitting

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have reported - for the first time - a burst in new brain cell development during abstinence from chronic alcohol consumption.
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In 2002, Dr. Fulton T. Crews, Bowles Center director, and Bowles Center research associate Dr. Kim Nixon were the first to report that alcohol, during intoxication, has a detrimental effect on the formation of new neurons in the adult rat hippocampus. This brain region is important for learning and memory - in animals and humans - and is linked to psychiatric disorders, particularly depression.

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In the new study, senior co-author Crews and co-author Nixon found inhibition of neurogenesis, or brain cell development, during alcohol dependency, followed by a pronounced increase in new neuron formation in the hippocampus within four-to-five weeks of abstinence. This included a twofold burst in brain cell proliferation at day seven of abstinence.

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Number of Brain Cells Not Fixed
For decades, neuroscientists believed the number of new cells, or neurons, in the adult brain was fixed early in life. Adaptive processes such as learning, memory and mood were thought tied to changes in synapses, connections between neurons.
More recently, studies have shown that the adult human brain is capable of producing new brain cells throughout life, a neurogenesis resulting in formation of hundreds of thousands of new neurons each month. "Prior to our work, everyone merely assumed that glia, the supporting cells of the brain, regenerated or that existing brain cells altered their connections," said Nixon. "We have shown a burst in new cell birth that may be part of the brain's recovery after the cessation of alcohol."

The link to this entire article is:
Brain Cells Rebound With Alcohol Abstinence

It's worth the read. It really kept me motivated.

Love, Me
:l

[greeneyes]

Reversing brain damage?

Thankful.... once again, great post.

[Theme2be]

Reversing brain damage?

My Mom is 83 and daily she does word games such as crossword puzzles for it has been shown that the brain will grown "new" neurons when it is challenged, MWO.
Is it your memory that is affected?

Your heart is still magnificent as is your spirit, I love your posts greatly.

Sincerely,

Karen

[Theme2be]

Reversing brain damage?

Lol at the slip of your name refering you to MWO.
A nice slip. Because you are MWO as you have been so instrumental in moments you had no idea because of your words and they way your spirit comes across.

Stay you, thats for sure because I have read your story as I was looking here to think about someone else.
Your magnificent:thanks: