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[Frogman]

I suffered a brain injury in the region just above my olfactory bulbs in 2007 and I am looking to find ways to break down the scar tissue and promote the smell nerves to grow back. I can occasionally sense the slightest smell of a couple of things.

Does anyone have suggestions for supplements or ideas or success stories for smell loss due to head injury/brain injury.

[platypus]

I suffered a brain injury in the region just above my olfactory bulbs in 2007 and I am looking to find ways to break down the scar tissue and promote the smell nerves to grow back. I can occasionally sense the slightest smell of a couple of things.

Does anyone have suggestions for supplements or ideas or success stories for smell loss due to head injury/brain injury.

Lion's Mane?

[noos]

Prozac for neurogenesis ?
Zinc?

Edited by noos, 26 December 2012 - 02:13 PM.

[renfr]

Cholinergics as they augment acetylcholine which is strongly involved in smell and senses in general.
I don't think neurogenesis is worth anything in that case, the brain is able overtime to restructurate itself in order to adapt if the injury wasn't fatal, there are stories of people having half of their brain destroyed and they're still alive and functioning quite well.
Time will help but cholinergics too, not only they enhance smell but acetylcholine helps with neuroplasticity and this will help your brain to adapt to his post-injury environment.
Also it will prevent further injury by protecting axons with myelin.
I'm not sure prozac is necessary, prozac helps with neurogenesis but that is mainly due to its inhibitory effect that prevent glutamate excitotoxicity from destroying neurons due to overexcitation, some brain injuries do cause glutamate excitotoxicity but not all of them.
That could be a good choice if you have chemically induced anxiety after your brain injury.
But personally I would recommend choline bitartrate + inositol.
Choline bitartrate for memory, sense enhancement, axon protection and inositol for anxiety, depression and also for enhancing the effects of choline.

Edited by renfr, 26 December 2012 - 02:45 PM.

[noos]

http://www.psycholog...ction-the-brain

[renfr]

http://www.psycholog...ction-the-brain

I'm sorry I thought prozac was a benzo, it turns out it's an SSRI.
Which is indeed a very good idea however care is advised when taking SSRIs, withdrawal can induce very long short term memory damage, not permanent I guess but very long.

[noos]

http://www.psycholog...ction-the-brain

I'm sorry I thought prozac was a benzo, it turns out it's an SSRI.
Which is indeed a very good idea however care is advised when taking SSRIs, withdrawal can induce very long short term memory damage, not permanent I guess but very long.

Sure it is not an easy decision to start Prozac (fluoxetine).
I did not know about the short term memory problems.

[Frogman]

I have been taking 3 grams of lions mane mycelium (mycoessentials) plus 1.5 grams of ACLAR daily for about 6 months with nothing to report as far as smell goes. I am wondering if I am on a high enough dose?

I tried zinc supplements for about 6 months and also alpha lipoic acid for 6 months, neither with any results. I have found out recently that I have high levels of mercury in me and that it may have caused the zinc to be ineffective due to mercury's molecular size.

I had MRI recently and they were unable to see the olfactory bulbs as they were obscured by scar tissue. A doctor in Washington I have contacted said that bio chemical changes take place after brain injuries and often cause loss of smell and taste. He treats people with Theophylline to raise levels of cAMP in nasal mucus. cAMP plays a roll in the life and death cycle of stem cells in the olfactory epithelium.

Edited by Frogman, 27 December 2012 - 12:49 AM.