 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 398
|
|
|
Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 398
|
Recovery
Hello!
I've been journaling and writing about that word and it's a slippery one with brain injuries.
No 2 injuries are just alike and so no 2 healings can really compare. That said, we can learn from one another and especially about the meds that may help us.
The things that have helped me most live in recovery are rest, the vitamins and supplements, and stress reduction in my life.
I am on the lucky end of healing in that at the 7 month mark and I mostly all back to normal, and I got to return to work. It is not lost on me how blessed I am.
But even so, I don't feel comfortable saying I am 100 percent back or that my life is just the same. Some things have changed, but my personality is as it was, my humor, my likes and the joy of life is back.
There is still so much they don't know about the brain and its healing and who can say what will happen down the line with age. Will PCS have bearing on other mental disorders when I am elderly? It could.
So, I don't know if I have answered your question, but if you can learn to listen to your body and learn to link the good days together gently and with patience, you may heal. No one can say for sure or how long it takes.
Take care and be well.
poetrymom
__________________
[SIZE="1"]What happened. I was in a car accident 2-23-2013, and got a mild concussion from it. I had some time off for brain rest, got somewhat better, but slipped into PCS in March 2013.
Symptoms I had: dizziness, light and sound sensitivity, fatigue, tinitis, occasional headaches and migraines,
Symptoms as of 5--2013: poor sleep, tinitis, some confusion /short term memory blanks, balance. The other symptoms are mostly gone, but flare up if I OVERdo something.
Therapy I had: vestibular
3 months in: I could drive more and for longer distances. I felt like a younger, happier version of myself and I feel so blessed to have this feeling.
9 months in and I am working full time. I do get tired, and some sound and light sensitivity from time to time, but mostly I am over most of my symptoms.
I pray every day and I m praying for your recovery.
Over a year in: I can multi task (limited) and have humor in my life. But when I am tired, I am very tired.
|