Does anybody know if there's anything that makes nerve regeneration faster? The normal growth is 1mm a day...

I fell in coma about 2yrs ago and woke up months later completely paralyzed.I've gotten SLOWLY better: I can walk (but not very long),I can use my hands (but can't write very well),I can speak (I still can't prononce some sounds).
The causes for this were never found out: no virus,no disease was ever confirmed.
Then slowness of this healing (and the not knowing until WHEN it's gonna go forward) is driving me crazy!
Does anyone know if there's a way to speed this up???

Thank you,
Anthony :-)

Nerve Regeneration with Methylcobalamin

Ultra-high dose methylcobalamin promotes nerve regeneration in experimental acrylamide neuropathy.
Watanabe T Kaji R Oka N Bara W Kimura J, J Neurol Sci (1994 Apr) 122(2):140-3

Despite intensive searches for therapeutic agents, few substances have been convincingly shown to enhance nerve regeneration in patients with peripheral neuropathies. Recent biochemical evidence suggests that an ultra-high dose of methylcobalamin (methyl-B12) may up-regulate gene transcription and thereby protein synthesis. We examined the effects of ultra-high dose of methyl-B12 on the rate of nerve regeneration in rats with acrylamide neuropathy, using the amplitudes of compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) after tibial nerve stimulation as an index of the number of regenerating motor fibers. After intoxication with acrylamide, all the rats showed equally decreased CMAP amplitudes. The animals were then divided into 3 groups; rats treated with ultra-high (500 micrograms/kg body weight, intraperitoneally) and low (50 micrograms/kg) doses of methyl- B12, and saline-treated control rats. Those treated with ultra-high dose showed significantly faster CMAP recovery than saline-treated control rats, whereas the low-dose group showed no difference from the control. Morphometric analysis revealed a similar difference in fiber density between these groups. Ultra-high doses of methyl-B12 may be of clinical use for patients with peripheral neuropathies.


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"Nerve Terminal Regeneration"

Methylcobalamin (methyl-B12) promotes regeneration of motor nerve terminals degenerating in anterior gracile muscle of gracile axonal dystrophy (GAD) mutant mouse.
Yamazaki K Oda K Endo C Kikuchi T Wakabayashi T, Neurosci Lett (1994 Mar 28) 170(1):195-7

We examined the effects of methylcobalamin (methyl-B12, mecobalamin) on degeneration of motor nerve terminals in the anterior gracile muscle of gracile axonal dystrophy (GAD) mutant mice. GAD mice received orally methyl-B12 (1 mg/kg body wt/day) from the 40th day after birth for 25 days. In the distal endplate zone of the muscle, although most terminals were degenerated in both the untreated and methyl-B12-treated GAD mice, sprouts were more frequently observed in the latter. In the proximal endplate zone, where few degenerated terminals were seen in both groups of the mice, the perimeter of the terminals was increased and the area of the terminals was decreased significantly in the methyl-B12-treated GAD mice. These findings indicate that methyl-B12 promotes regeneration of degenerating nerve terminals in GAD mice.

You're very welcome!

I cut my arm and some nerves and needed surgery. It's been about six months now and the nerves are healing quickly. Report It

I am looking for answers myself. my son is paralyzed from the belly down and all I read and heard is that the nerve regeneration takes so long you will be 200 years old. I am looking for more info everyday and if any comes out I will post them. sorry to hear about your problem.

It sounds like you suffered a rare condition named Guillain Barre' syndrome (see the article below for info on that condition)
As a physician I have been studying supplements that promote nerve regrowth and nervous system support such as Phosphatidyl choline and other components that support nerve growth and RESVERATROL.

The volume of info is way too large to document here. The research on resveratrol is exciting. go to google scholar and google "resveratrol and nerve regeneration" for some info. If thats too technical google it on regular google.
Email me at vita_min_md@yahoo.com if you d like more info on these supplemements.