Thursday, November 26, 2015

Apathy after stroke

What the hell is your doctor doing to correct this problem after your stroke? Any stroke protocols to correct this problem?
Maybe you need to read these and train your doctor.
The readable article here:

Apathy Explained: Why Some People Just Can’t Be Bothered

 “We know that in some cases people can become pathologically apathetic, for example after a stroke or with Alzheimer’s disease.
 Many such patients can be physically capable.

Yet they can become so demotivated they won’t be bothered to care for themselves, even though they’re not depressed.
Scans showed that the pre-motor cortex in the brains of apathetic people was consistently more active than in motivated people.
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The research it is based upon here:

Individual Differences in Premotor Brain Systems Underlie Behavioral Apathy

This is fascinating since when I look at my dead brain area it looks like most of my premotor cortex on the right side is dead. And I have no apathy whatsoever. Is my left side premotor cortex taking up that task? So many questions and not one fucking person in the world to ask them of. 


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