BUY Metoprolol ONLINE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION, Jeff Shattuck is a former ad man, who suffered a brain injury in 2006 and woke up wanting to do nothing but write songs. You can follow his recovery progress and songwriting efforts at www.cerebellumblues.com
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Jill Bolte Taylor's recent book, "My Stroke of Insight", where can i buy Metoprolol online, discusses how her stroke, Buy no prescription Metoprolol online, which took place on the left side of her brain, made her far more conscious of the right side of her brain, the side that is considered "creative". She describes how losing the left side of her brain took away her ability to form sentences and speak. BUY Metoprolol ONLINE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION, People would ask her questions and she'd emote, for lack of a better term, her response. I didn’t lose one side of my brain or the other, but after examining me, neurologists at the University of Wisconsin, theorized that I may have screwed up the way my lower brain sends signals to my upper brain.
In other words, in addition to affecting the part of my brain that handles timing, influences emotions, distinguishes between consonance and dissonance, plans stuff and controls impulses, my injury might also have affected the way lower and upper brain gossip.
Unfortunately, and despite cool machines, such as fMRI gizmos, the brain – mine included – remains a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a skull. And I may never know exactly how my fall changed my gray matter.
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Now, if you're a songwriter, I know what you’re thinking. Your thinking you’ll up your game by having a good friend hit you in the head with a hammer. Is this a good idea. Probably not. BUY Metoprolol ONLINE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION, While the upside of my injury has been a flood of songs, the downside has been truly awful: constant dizziness, depression, legs and feet that feel like they are misted with cold water, headaches, job loss, memory problems (not that bad, but, you know, noticeable), and on and on.
What to do instead. I say meditate. While the jury is still out, there is strong evidence that meditation “quiets” the left side of your brain (or rational side, since some folks are opposite the norm), so that you can experience the world through your feeling-driven right side. And while a song, to quote Boston out of context, is certainly “more than a feeling”, feelings are where songs start. And they don’t have to hurt. At least not physically.
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05/28/2009
1:51 pm
Brian Casel
Incredible story.
Someone, find me a hammer…
05/28/2009
10:55 pm
Mike Turitzin
Great post! I’m glad to you’re finding an upside to what sounds like a pretty terrible injury.
I too have noticed the dichotomy between the rational/thinking and emotional/sensing brain. They seem almost completely independent — it can be possible to operate almost purely in one realm or the other, at least for a brief period.
06/1/2009
11:59 am
Susan Wenger
That’s a fascinating story. It also speaks, I think, to how all of us write differently. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to write a song where my left and right brain weren’t communicating.
Then again, it usually takes me forever to finish a song, so it’s possible that too much left brain involvement just inhibits the process.
06/4/2009
10:03 pm
Stephen Shapiro
Hey Jeff. I’m sorry to hear of your injury, but glad to hear some good came out of it. Do you live in a state that has legalized marijuana for medicinal use? If so have you tried it, and with what success in treating your symptoms in comparison to other pharmaceuticals. I’m from Florida, and some of us are trying to give Doctors the right to prescribe it, but it’s a pretty lofty goal. Moving to California or one of the 12 other states that have it, sounds easier to me. Check out the cause at PUFMM.org. Thanks for the post.
06/11/2009
4:13 pm
Jef
Brian, thank you for letting me guest post on your blog. I really enjoyed writing the piece!
Mike and Susan, if you hear something interesting about right/left brain thinking, please send me a note. My email is: jeffshattuck@gmail.com
Stephen, I haven’t tried marijuana, but I’m hesitant to because I’ve never liked how it makes me feel. Good luck with your fight in Florida. I definitely support legalizing the stuff.
Jeff
06/11/2009
4:56 pm
Stephen Shapiro
Jef,
Thanks for your reply! There are many different species/strands of marijuana that can give very different effects. Perhaps you would find some relief under the supervision of a specialist. Do you live in one of the 13 states that have authorized medicinal use?
06/17/2009
11:00 am
Jef
Stephen,
I live in California, so I’m pretty sure I can get marijuana, but I confess, I just have no interest. I’ve done it in the past often enough to know it’s not for me.
If you want to email me to talk about this more, my email is jeffshattuck@gmail.com
Jeff
03/21/2011
12:13 pm
leonard
are you kidding!!! i thought i was the only one, same thing happened to me i can show you the before and after songwriting capabilities! im pretty sure it improved my i.q as well. i was having trouble in nursing school and then barely passed. after i recovered i took the nursing boards only to have 80 questions usually they give 2-300 and i must have scored near 100% haha it did take and give me stuff i don’t enjoy like not being interested in the things i used to. i got hit head on, while riding a motorcycle cracked my skull, damaged my 7th cranial nerve and loss complete hearing out of my left ear (i can almost see the pitch now) lol i also cut my jugular vein in my brain and was supposed to die but i lived and boy do i have some weird psychic abilities when sleeping. anyway im from san antonio if you want to email me feel free . yeah i started writing immediately after the accident and havent stopped since im in a band again and about to start playing shows (hopefully get signed)
03/21/2011
12:19 pm
leonard
i want to hear your songs, i dont know if this has happened to you but i used to be a very very social person to the point where i would get depressed when alone. total opposite these days i have more fun learning songs on the computer /learning all the stuff i wasn’t interested before. im barely getting brave again ill admit i was spooked for years and the accident happened in 06 it was gross i still don’t know why im here, hopefully ill save some lives before i leave and contribute what ive been given to science