Hi Alexandra,

I don't really have an answer for you, but can tell you my personal experience.

I had a severe brain injury in January. The capable person that I normally am all but disappeared. My nuerologist helped me with medications for the pain, but told me I would have to wait for the swelling to go down and healing to begin. He said the brain is so sensitive to any jar or hurt can cause horrible damage and mine had been more than jarred.

I kept having night terrors about the incident that caused me to have the brain injury. He gave me elavil for the night terrors. It has helped a lot.

Recently I tripped, not once but twice and jarred my head again. It, along with almost unbearable stress, has caused me to have a relapse. He increased the elavil and I can see a difference. I'm not up to where I was, but I am doing some better. The nuerologist said I will get back to my former state of recovery and told me not to panic over the set back. Of course telling a person with Panic Disorder not to panic is like telling a monkey not to like banannas. It's not going to happen.

I have learned that in the case of brain injury, I need my nuerologist and pdoc. Without them both, I would have never made it this far in my recovery.

I hope this helps you in your search.

Take care,

Jan