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Old 01-05-2014, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryguy17926 View Post
I was involved in a slip and fall where I suffered a depressed skull fracture on the top/side of my head. The Dr said it wasn't worth the risk to operate when I was in the ICU. This was in Oct 2013. I work as an auto technician and have found that sometimes when I look up a certain way I get so dizzy that I must grab something to hold before I fall. I get headaches from the air tools which are loud (rarely happened before accident) I am worried that there may be long term affects that will prevent me from functioning normally.
Wow! Sorry to hear about that!

To put things in perspective, I too hit my head in October of 2013. My injury was not nearly as serious as yours, and yet I am still having problems on occasion. I get tired very easily, even doing simple things like cooking and putting away laundry, and I cannot work out as much as I like to because it causes headaches when I get carried away.

I say all of that to say this: if I'm still experiencing problems at two months out, and my injury wasn't as bad as yours, then what you are describing may very well be normal for someone two months out of an injury like yours.

Can you focus on finding work-arounds for your symptom triggers? That angle that causes the dizziness... is it necessary? For the loud noises, have you tried ear plugs?

I hope you see improvement on these symptoms soon.
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Head injury on 10/26/13 due to a fall. Had extreme headaches, fatigue, and nausea over the next several days, but no insurance so I couldn't afford to get checked out. First official migraine occurred on 11/19/2013; no migraines before the injury occurred.
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