I just found this forum via Google and I just want to say how thankful I am to see that such a supportive group here. I had a bicycle accident about 10 days ago and have been really frustrated with my (lack of) recovery.

The accident:
I was going down a street on my bicycle at a pretty good speed when a car pull out from a side street right in front of me. I ran into the car, and was tossed out of the bike and landed on the hood of the car. I felt disoriented but I did not lose consciousness. I was not able to remember all the details of the accident, but my helmet was dented and the strap was broken, there is also a bruise on my chin. The driver and I exchanged information, I sat down for 5 - 10 minutes and was actually able to continue riding to work - although later I found out that the bike frame was totally damaged.

At work, I felt dizzy and had a headache with neck pain throughout that day. It wasn't unbearable and I lasted most of the work day (Friday). I woke up on Saturday and as expected, the symptoms hasn't gone away. But again, it wasn't too bad and it was the weekend so I just took it easy.

Around Tuesday (4 days after accident), things deteriorated. The headaches got a lot worse (like someone stabbing my head), my vision goes blurry with the headache, dizziness, sensitivity to light and noise (worse than before), can't put words together, can't look at computer screens, always felt tired, can't sleep at night, anxiety.

The wife finally dragged me to the ER, but the ER doctor said I was fine. She even did a CT scan and said there are not structural damages. She just said I should rest a few more days and things should become normal.

Fast forward to today, one week has passed since my ER visit but I'm still feeling the same. I'm really frustrated and want to go back to work soon, I also have a professional exam in a few months that I need to study for. These are giving me anxiety issues. I just feel really frustrated.

Anyways, sorry about my long post, and thanks for listening. I just want to see if anyone know what's going on with my head . I'm going to try to see a non-ER doctor as she wasn't very helpful (I waited 6 hours and she only talked to me for less than 2 minutes), but trying to book a doctor has been difficult.

I just find it odd that my condition suddenly deteriorated on Tuesday, when I was feeling OK (miserable, but OK) the 3 days after the accident ...