Comments on: A paradoxical pill after brain damage http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/02/a-paradoxical-pill-after-brain-damage/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joss http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/02/a-paradoxical-pill-after-brain-damage/#comment-24501 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:36:16 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20646#comment-24501 I find that very interesting.

I have ME and find taking Zopiclone improves my alertness and cogntion and reduces a lot of other symptoms as well.

I can read much more easily when I have taken the sleeping pill.

]]> By: The Sleeper Awakens http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/02/a-paradoxical-pill-after-brain-damage/#comment-24076 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:29:27 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20646#comment-24076 Maybe the “sleeping” damaged brain is caught in a compensatory loop from which it cannot escape until given certain medications. Review the video of TED talk “A Stroke of Insight”. The afflicted neurologist describes incredible pressure to sleep and attributes her mother’s acceptance of this need to her eventual healing. She notes that sleeping in this intense way would not be possible in a hospital.

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