Hi MB,
I think that the first thing to say is that your symptoms do not seem that bad and I bet that you make a complete recovery from them, especially seeing that you are still a child. However, that does not mean that they should not be treated seriously. You mention some forgetfulness and slight occasional dizziness but if you look at some of the symptoms that some people have after a traumatic brain injury you will see that a lot of people are bothered by really bad headaches and fatigue for much of the day. The fact that you did not mention having these symptoms makes me think that your symptoms are relatively mild, which is to be thankful for.
Now, I really think that you need to be talking to adults about this, including parents or guardian, teachers and a doctor. Unfortunately it is the case that most of these people will not know much about postconcussion sydrome and they may not be that sympathetic. However, getting you to do shuttle runs is absolutely not the way that you want to be treating these symptoms and if the adults in your life knew much about PCS they would tell you to stop doing that. Also, no more fairground rides for quite a while!
You need to look after your head. I understand that you are a hypochondriac but at a certain point you should get to having no symptoms and that is when you should start thinking about gently returning to more athletic activity. Until then give up the shuttle runs and ANYTHING else that jerks your head around. Then I hope that you are likely to make a full recovery.
Good luck,
CS
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Originally Posted by MB292
I've got a ton of questions and don't know where to start. Okay, so some backstory:
June 26th was when I received my initial concussion. It bothered me for about two weeks but eventually it was starting to clear up. However, after that I made a very poor decision. July 15th I decided to go to an amusement park with my family. Overall, most of the day was fine. However, there was one ride which I smacked the back of my head on, and put me where I am today.
1. Yesterday, when putting on a hoodie, it sort of rebounded and hit me in the back of the head. Yesterday, I experienced increased symptoms and today I feel more forgetful, even momentarily forgetting my best friend's name at one point. Am I back to square one?
2 Now, I'm 13. I had a lot of good things going for me before I received my first concussion. Straight A's, athletic, etc. This whole thing has kind of halted that. I'm more apathetic than ever, I'm forgetful, etc. Is this going to last forever? Will I ever return to normal?
3. I'm a hypochondriac. Is this prolonging my recovery time?
4. After gym class today, where we had to do shuttle runs, I felt terribly dizzy. Is there anyway I can explain to them what I'm going through?
That's about it guys.
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