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Sleep Science

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My sleep science serves two very different goals. On the one hand it Is a positive, rational response to the fact of my injury. It grants me new insight into my behaviour and physiology. It also entails a great deal of work. This work serves as an avoidance mechanism and prevents me from completing documentation in regard to Dr. X.

I met with Dr. D on Friday and referred to this documentation effort as akin to putting my head back in the Cuisinart. That is what it feels like. The demand for total concentration on a single sustained effort that pushes all else out of the picture as I force myself to complete the work that is necessary.
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Sleep and Kaizen

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In a recent post, Item 9 called for a review of the application of Kaizen to recovery from mTBI. in the next post, such an application was dismissed due to the fact the mTBI victim lacks the ability to gain full process control. Absent such control, it is impossible to establish a baseline state that may be used to measure performance excursions. Without a defined baseline, any intervention is reduced to tinkering, a series of blind attempts to achieve positive change without an understanding of the drivers, or obstacles, to that positive change. This suggests Kaizen may have limited application in an intervention targeting mTBI victims.
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Sleep and Diet

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My sleep research has uncovered some interesting facts. The neurotransmitter balance, the relative presence of different neurotransmitters, appears to play a significant role in fatigue. These neurotransmitters all have dietary precursors. Sleep and diet is therefore closely linked. If the diet is insufficient in a certain nutrient this will result in a decline in the availability of a required precursor and one outcome will be altered mood, or a possible cognitive impairment.
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