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Originally Posted by pierre93
hey guys
i need help , about 2 -3 weeks ago i was at the gym and a rubber (but heavy) weight fell on my head , it didnt knock me out but about 20 mins later i felt strange and drousey and had to be rushed to hospital by my family , they did a CT scan and everything was fine. The next day i felt ok and returned to work the day after , but i noticed i started feeling strange , 3-4 days after my injury i was at work and just felt terrible all of a sudden everything became super bright and noisy , i felt so overwhelmed i called my manager and said someone needs to cover for me and was crying. i felt like i was going CRAZY!!
for the whole of that week i felt DRAINED , i had a very weird heavy feeling on my left side , it was teriible i literally could not do anything my brain just felt fried. During that week i had a consultation booked (i have cosmetic surgery booked) i just felt still really low and heavy , the surgeon advised for an ambulance to be called , they took me there and i was told i had post concussion and i need to rest and time off work.
i must say i feel like ive improved since my first week but i still feel so terrible. im still sensitive to light and loud sounds , i have a weird kind off numbing feeling on the left side of my head and kid of in my ear , i feel so " not on earth" its like im dreaming , i just feel so down and stressed , my home dont feel like my home anymore , i feel so alone , i used to love watching youtube videos and movies and i just cant anymore because i cant concentrate , time just dont feel like it use to be , i go to sleep like this , wake up like this and its so overwhelming to deal with
i had soooooooooo much planned , surgery , a trip booked to america with my friends , i just cant see it all happening now , this has effected my life so much!!! im only 20 , i just need as much support as possible
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I know how you feel being young, I am 25, trying to keep up with everyone around you but having health problems that forces you to take it slow. I have been "missing out" since I was 23 and I got sick with mutliple chemical sensitivities and now since october last year when my first concussion happened and later in january of this year when my second concussion happened.
My best tip for you is to try to think of you life in the long term sence instead of just the short term. What I mean is try to somehow accept your current health status (I know it is hard but it can be done) and do your best to improve your health, but don't get obsessive about it, it will just lengthen your ill health, and know that there will be a day when you will be able to get back to your regular life, and it may be sooner or later, no one can tell. Fun trips and your surgery and parties and other stuff will still be around when you get better, just put your health first and you will find your way back, at least this is how it has been for me. It is hard to accept that you can't do whatever you want like before the accident, but I think it is an important part of recovery to know that there are good things that come out of shitty situations aswell, like slowing down ones life and rediscovering what really is important for you. It is hard to see the blessing in a bad situation, trust me I know. And as stated above, you are early in recovery so maybe you will be over this before you know it, I really hope so!
