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[LongingCity]

One of my friends suffered a traumatic injury 3 months ago, which involved him hitting the ground with his head from a large height at a high velocity.

 

He complained about lack of clarity in thinking, and decided to retest his IQ.

 

His original test was a score of 152. On the same test, he now received a score of 117.

 

Any tips on how to help him regain his IQ would be very welcome.

[metabrain]

There is almost no coming back from Traumatic Injury, if it were hypoxic maybe.  There are certain drugs that can regrow white matter such as SSRIs but those are very limited. Neurologists normally prescribe cocktails of medications to manage the effects. Taking nootropics and supplements with brain injury can cause unforeseen issues.

 

The greatest substance I have ever taken for my memory was the SSRI Sertraline. I had success for a while with Piracetam but it stopped working for me. It takes around 1 year for neurogenesis to complete but as I said it is very limited in what it can do. Your friend will never get back to where he was with todays medicine, in a few years they will launch treatments with stem cells and other advanced medicines which will work better but for now he has to make do with the limits of medicine.

 

 

[Sleepdealer]

Here are the suggestions that I can come up with that might help.

 

 

Cerebrolysin and traumatic brain injury http://www.ncbi.nlm....ic brain injury

 

 

Neuroprotective and antiamnesic effects of Semax during experimental ischemic infarction of the cerebral cortex. http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/17603664

 

SPECT monitoring of improved cerebral blood flow during long-term treatment of elderly patients with nootropic drugs (Niacin). http://www.ncbi.nlm..../pubmed/9890490

 

Ginkgo Biloba shows positive results on cognitive decline and cerebral blood flow http://examine.com/s.../Ginkgo biloba/

 

 

Ginkgo Biloba is something I discovered recently myself. I knew about it, but didn't know what it could do. It shows promising effects on doses between 120-240 mg, but mostly 240. It also performs even better when taken at 40 mg with 70 mg aspirin, rather than aspirin alone.

[fairy]

You will find a lot of information doing your own research: site:http://www.longecity.org/ keyword1 keyword2 ... on the url bar. Cerebrolysin, Dihexa, NSI-189, etc... all are promising substances. Pic related.

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[metabrain]

I recommend your friend see a neurologist, go with him and take notes, the neurologist will make recommendations for the usual medications but ask the neurologist off the record about nootropics, if they would help and would he recommend any, a good neurologist will keep up to date with the latest trends.

[Sleepdealer]

Metabrain is right, your friend should go see a neurologist first. They are the educated ones, plus they have access to stuff that we can't get to normally, and are able to make tests and follow things up, etc. Experimenting on your own should be secondary unless you have exhausted all other possibilities. Ask for recommendations, then do some research on your own and maybe bring some suggestions up for the neurologist to evaluate.