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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 214
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Frustrated with minor accidents setting back recovery
Just when I feel like I have a string of good days and start feeling like I'm going to get better, bad luck strikes again. Yesterday I slipped walking down stairs because of slick socks and slid down a few stairs. I sort of caught myself on the railing, but still hit my pelvis kinda hard and slid down a few stairs. Didn't have any immediate change in symptoms, other than a spike in adrenaline, but I settled down and went to a chiro appt.
I tried not to think about it, but while resting a few hours later just felt really tired and slowed down. Since then I've generally felt worse than I was a few days ago, although not much change in headaches. In reality I don't think this did anything, but I just can't seem to shake the idea that all these little accidents are setting me back, and it's getting me really down. I'm not super anxious about it, more so just depressed that I keep managing to screw something up just when I start feeling better. I guess that's life.
Anyone have strategies for avoiding minor accidents like this? I'm generally pretty careful, and don't have balance issues or anything like that, but it seems I keep managing to hurt myself.
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26 year-old PhD student in evolutionary biology, slipped on ice in Feb 2014 while clipping my fingernails and walking to save time (dumbest reason for PCS ever?). Initially just had headaches and didn't feel quite right, but a minor head bump 5 days later started a downward spiral of anxiety, depression, insomnia and fatigue. Had trouble concentrating on reading/looking at screens
April 2014 - did exertion test, passed, started exercising and doing more, but didn't feel much better.
May 2014 - Went on backpacking trip OK'd by doctor, trip itself went fine, but felt worse a few days after getting back, more difficulty concentrating, worse headaches.
June 2014 - Bumped head on ceiling walking slowly down stairs, no immediate symptoms, but caused worsening headahces, more difficulty concentrating and looking at screens. Have not felt as good as I did before this since this bump.
December 2014 - after feeling relatively better I went xc skiing and fell but didn't hit my head (something my psychologist who specializes in brain injuries told me he hoped would happen so I saw it was OK), felt worse
Feb 2015 - back in grad school, light teaching load and some research, nowhere close to operating at my full capacity. Still have constant headaches, difficulty reading/looking at screens, mild anxiety and depression, and just not feeling like my normal sharp self.
Trying, but struggling, to believe that I'll get back to my old self, or at least get close.
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