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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Originally Posted by sleepybo19
I'm on the same page. If you look at the commonalities between people who experience PCS, e.g. anxiety, depression, preoccupation with symptoms, etc..., it certainly seems like there's a strong mental component.
Not to say that the physical symptoms aren't real. They certainly are in my case. But I agree with you that they are likely triggered by something mental. That's why I think these physical "symptoms" that we experience are boogeymen.
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I think that what you say can be true but isn't necessarily true and most certainly does not apply in all cases. I have serious physical issues with the concussion....but do not suffer from depression or anxiety. I am a happy person who is suffering with this injury. I am not preoccupied with my symptoms...on the contrary, I am perhaps in denial! 
Using the term PCS tends to obscure the fact that a concussion is a brain injury which physically alters the brain...probably for ever, even though we can heal.
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).
Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!
Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
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