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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: USA
Posts: 162
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: USA
Posts: 162
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Hello,
I have been at this for 5 years and I am not sure how many concussions I have had (if it is a bad day I count everything and if it is a good day I only count the "for sure" ones) but somewhere between 5 and 12 and the last major one was 2 years ago. Meds don't work for me, sleep doesn't help, in fact when I only sleep about 4 hours a night for a couple weeks and then sleep more for the next couple weeks, I actually feel more alive and less like a lump on a log. I have not let the concussions keep me back, I got my first during my freshman year of college and I graduated on time and am now planning to go back to school to get a second bachelor's this time in nursing. I don't know how to help because I am in a similar boat, I am just sucking it up and trying not to think about the high risk for dementia as I get older.
Mostly I just wanted to say good luck and stay away from those bumps!
In Christ,
Margarite
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Fell off a horse in late winter of 2009 blacked out for a couple seconds, had amnesia for 10 hours (still don't remember this time), had 2 CT scans, 2 MRI's, 1 MRA all negative. Since the first concussion I have continually knocked my head into different things purely by accident or from being stupid. These many concussions over a short period of time have caused
constant migraines, nausea, and dizziness/lack of balance.
Migraine triggers are:
light sensitivity (especially to florescent or bright lights)
sound sensitivity (especially to high pitched or loud sounds)
temperature sensitivity (especially to cold or extreme heat)
activity (especially if breathing increases or head is jostled)
pressure on head (sinuses, hats, headbands, sunglasses, pony-tails)
lacks or quality (food, sleep, water)
tension (stress, tight muscles, tired eyes, sickness)
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