Ok. First my name is Dan. Here is the back story and my question.

2009 i was setting fence posts. We were core drilling about 4 foot deep driving through asphalt and rock so the posts took some persuasion to get down the hole. Using a two handled post driver weighing roughly 30-40 pounds. I came down with it and raised it back up well in doing so it got tangled in the string line or something don't remember for sure. All i know is it hit me right above my left ear. Left a bit of a dent. I didn't pass out atleast if i did it wasn't but a split second. I also continued working that day and drove home. Drove to my sisters graduation. Looking back probably not my smartest move. Guess i'll chalk it up to being young and dumb.

Later that weekend i'm helping my aunt move and i back my pickup up to her storage unit. I start seeing two truck beds as i look out the rear window. I go to the ER they tell me after a ct scan i think it was that everything looks fine. This was in June. So come August i have a mental breakdown. Ever since that post driver to the head i have had issues with memory, chronic pain, got diagnosed bipolar, have addiction issues. In 2010 i had an EEG i think it was done but nothing "abnormal" was seen.

What i'm getting to is this. I'm starting back in to college after a couple years off to get my hips fixed. I know 21 and needing hips fixed but that's another thread. lol. So i'm back to college and i'm having issues just like i did in highschool with math. I was really good at math before this injury and basically i lost everything i had learned. I tried relearning it and i could learn it one day and forget it the next. That's the same problem i'm having now. I never used to do this but now i flip numbers around. I constantly have to triple check my math, or writing part numbers working on cars i have to check it multiple times otherwise i flip them around. Never had this issue before i got hit.

Also i will say i played football as a kid for one year and i took some hard hits. I don't recall ever blacking out but there may have been one time and seeing as my coaches were jerks when i came to if i did black out i probably said i was fine and ignored it.

So my question is do any of you think there is merit to me possibly having issues resurfacing from that injury in 2009? I have done research and i see where i do have some of the symptoms as far as memory loss, lots of headaches, ringing in the ears,my hearing isn't the best. I really have to decide if this needs to be looked into. I'm not giving up on college a second time especially since i'm going for automotive repair which i love. I just need to figure out what can be done.