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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 205
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 205
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I know, my youngest child had bonked heads with me numerous times. I cried numerous times.
We feel so vulnerable. It hurt like ****. Ice, rest, the usual suspects. I think we feel so close to the precipice.
Deep breaths- talk yourself down. But yes, their skulls are HARD!
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.
Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.
Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.
Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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