CTE Treatment

[gonzo1105]

1 hour ago, Buffalo Junction said:

Probably didn’t help that no one was allowed to research any of this for decades lest their patients brains get cracked into a hot skillet like and egg. 🤪 

Chris Nowinski a former WWE wrestler and Harvard Grad is the top researcher in CTE 

2 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I’ve seen something about that! Maybe on 60 Minutes? It was a bit shocking. I think they also used it effectively in some cases to battle addictions. 

 

It amazes me how we think we are so advanced in so many ways, but we don’t know basic things about how our own brains work. (Or what kind of aliens can be found at the bottom of the ocean! 😋)

I agree that the medical industry has come a long way but we still have a very long way to go particularly with the brain, nervous system, genetics, and gut health affecting other areas of the body 

[The Wiz]

From what I understand about CTE, which is very little, I can only assume fixing CTE its the same as trying to make a bruised apple perfect again.

[Saxum]

On 3/8/2023 at 10:21 PM, gonzo1105 said:

Nope, it’s irreversible damage. My guess is there is management of symptoms but there is no cure for it. 
 

The medical field barely knows how the brain or the central nervous system works. There are so many syndromes that are supposedly idiopathic. Idiopathic just means they don’t know how it happens and is a fancy way to make you feel better about yourself. Most of them are most certainly either a brain or nervous system malfunction. 

 

In many ways medicine is an art not a science.  I went to 8 different doctors for issue with my foot and got 8 different diagnoses all wrong including one by a quack that it was psychosomatic (I did not pay that bill).  In last diagnosis doctor thought it was plantar and put me in a boot which almost disabled me. He said that should not happen and had a MRI done on foot and a cyst the size of a golf ball in my ankle was found and removed.

 

That was a strictly physical issue and specialists could not determine issue.  With brain they are dealing with organ which has a lot of issue healing and whose operation in many cases is just speculation.

[nosejob]

As someone who indulged in mushrooms in the early 80's, I can absolutely see how this is connected to much needed neurological research. I believe it can help,(albeit at low dosages). I've also always believed that pot can achieve similar results and why I have believed in the medical aspect of it. Don't judge me, but I think mushrooms....sorry can't spell cyliisybin will be the next big break through for dementia, alzhiemers and perhaps concussion related problems.

 

I cannot count how many I've had, but when I worked for Uncle Sam the word concussion didn't exist...at all. It was smelling salts and , how many fingers? He's fine go back to work. Now I'm 59 and am a bit worried...kinda scared actually. Something ain't right.

Edited March 10, 2023 by nosejob

[Buffalo Junction]

17 hours ago, Chaos said:

No truth to this at all. 

If you have more information than me feel free to share with the group. Lord knows I’m not an expert on testing drugs. 
 

“Starting in 1966, several states banned their use. In 1968 LSD was outlawed nationwide, and in 1970 Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act, classifying that drug and psilocybin, along with several others, as having a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.”

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/johns-hopkins-scientists-give-psychedelics-the-serious-treatment/

[In Summary]

This is why I'm perplexed we don't talk more seriously about the Bills center position as if one can just assume Mitch has it taken care of. 6 concussions in 8 years. One more and we look a bit like the Dolphins rolling out Tua yet one more time. 

[Chaos]

2 hours ago, Buffalo Junction said:

If you have more information than me feel free to share with the group. Lord knows I’m not an expert on testing drugs. 
 

“Starting in 1966, several states banned their use. In 1968 LSD was outlawed nationwide, and in 1970 Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act, classifying that drug and psilocybin, along with several others, as having a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.”

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/johns-hopkins-scientists-give-psychedelics-the-serious-treatment/

Use and research are different things. 

[Buffalo Junction]

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

Use and research are different things. 

They are. Once again…. If you have a link to any clinical research performed In the USA between the Nixon and Bush II presidencies feel free to post it.