I had several basketball injuries during the ages of 18-22 but I did not think they were concussions at the time. The serious basketball injury was 2 years ago, and I was still recovering from it when I took this job last August and moved to LA. The second one came when I hit my head on a door frame. I was recovering from that pretty well when I was in a car accident in December. I also seemed to be recovering from that concussion and had started to read, watch TV, use the computer, and socialize. But when I went back to work in February is what brought me to this current relapse. The mysterious thing is that this most serious relapse was not from another concussion, but just from over-stimulating my brain. I only taught for 2 days and had to go on total medical leave. That was 7 weeks ago and I have made no progress. In fact, this week, for some reason, I am the worst I have ever been.

I have one more question for you, EsthersDoll. If the hormone replacement had not worked for you, what would you have tried next?

And one more question for anyone: My doctor has prescribed a 9-day course of prednisone, which I am very scared to try because it is supposed to cause sleeplessness and anxiety. I have struggled with both those things but now seem to have both in better control. I would hate to go backwards and have those symptoms again.