I was diagnosed with brown sequard syndrome, but did not have a trauma accident...it just sorta happened. I have no feeling in my left arm but have regained some strength and some function. I only sweat on the right side of my body now. My balance started to get better, but now I feel like its starting to go backwards. Its been a little over a year since the injury happened, is it normal to make progress and then regress? Also I have returned to work, but I have a lot of back pain now. Would I qualify for social security disability?
Hi, First, you need physical rehabilitation to avoid deformity of your muscles. Because the brain could create other nerve pathways to compensate for the lost ones. To help the brain creating other pathways You need to take daily some vitamins such as B complex, folic acid and vitamin B12. The exclusion of hypertension and diabetes is important in your case, besides modification of your diet by increasing fish and vegetable intake and decreasing saturated fat intake, because Omega-3 fatty acid and flaxseed oil may help the brain to build new pathways. You can add Flax seed oil to your diet by putting one spoon of Flax seed oil to your diet if you cannot eat fish regularly. The psychological factor is important in your case, so you should avoid negative feelings. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.