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Originally Posted by concussedGuy
Thanks for all the advice guys I appreciate it.
I am going to try and limit electronic use and no worries I will not be drinking alcohol until a good 3 months after no symptoms if that ever comes and slowly introduce it and stay away from getting pretty drunk. And mark I had gotten that drunk plenty of times before that with no issues/falls starting at 17, however I know that is stupid.
As for the anxiety, if it doesn't improve I'll consider some medication however I would prefer to stay away from stuff like antidepressants because there are so many bad things I've heard about them.
My b12 was just out above the standard range at 963pg/ml but if 1000 is fine, Ill begin taking it again. Any suggestions on dosing of the vitamins? some seem way too high above the daily value and others not sufficient enough.
As for the fish oil, I believe my doctor wanted me off it because of my liver enzyme being high, as well as Tylenol because that affects the liver too. I've heard that ibuprofen is bad for concussion headaches as it thins the blood. I also think that staying away from pain medicine has helped reduce the severity and amount of headaches I have gotten because of the "rebound effect" which a doctor explained to me about concussion headaches.
I suspected that it was central sleep apnea rather than obstructive as it makes sense to develop it after a concussion. My parents believe it's anxiety but I don't think so as I'm not anxious when going to bed and it will still happen. I sleep with my head elevated on two pillows which may cause the inflammation of my neck, but it seems as though if I don't sleep on two pillows I wake with a feeling of all the blood drained into my head or pressure and I wake up confused.
I also will have sharp pain throughout my body that feels like I hit my funny bones on some days. Is this nerve pain? I tried coq10 before and it really seemed to help my head/cognition however it would increase the nerve pain 10 fold, maybe I'm allergic to that? A b complex I used to take had a similar effect, but not as severe, allergic to a shared ingredient between the b complex and coq10?
Thanks again for your responses and support!
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Hey
I'm glad to hear that you're giving up alcohol for the time being! As with any other injury, you need to maximize your health if you're going to heal, and alcohol simply doesn't help that cause.
I understand about not wanting to take anything for anxiety... maybe you could start with more natural supplements? St. John's Wart is supposed to be good for depression; I'm sure if you did a Google search, you'd find suggestions for anxiety as well.
I don't know enough about vitamins to comment on that stuff in terms of appropriate levels... I'm sure Mark and others can respond to that stuff better than I can.
I get what you're saying about pain meds for the headaches, but treating PCS primarily revolves around reducing stress, getting rest, and treating symptoms. I've not heard of the "rebound headaches..." does that mean that the headache comes back worse after the medicine wears off?
Personally, I have to take medicine when I have a headache because I can't miss work, but I can't function at work if the headache gets bad enough, so I don't have much of a choice. Even if you just try laying down in a dark, quiet room with a warm, wet washcloth over your head, definitely don't suffer through those headaches without trying to find some way to alleviate the pain.
As far as the sleep apnea goes, you need to see a sleep specialist about that if you haven't yet (sorry, don't remember what you said about that originally in your post and can't leave this screen to go look lol). If you do have sleep apnea, you need to be treated for it so that the sleep you get becomes better quality sleep. Doing so will also help with the anxiety among other benefits.
For the neck pain due to sleeping with your head elevated, maybe try sleeping on a wedge pillow? They range from about $30-40 on Amazon.
I'm not sure what to say about the nerve pain either, but I hope you get some answers on that.