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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 160
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you know, one of the symptoms that won't let up even as i progress in other ways is my head pounds like the dickens when i stand up quickly or move to quickly. i've been increasing the amount of time i'm active--started with walking 100 feet, now i walk/bike about 1.5hrs day, but really, really slowly.
i haven't increased the speed much b/c of the pounding. so i've been googling this ****, naturally. and found something about Orthostatic Hypertension. Somehow arteries or whatever have a hard time adjusting and getting blood to your brain, and two risk factors are:
- prolonged bed rest (yep, 3 months i barely moved)
- tricyclic (or whatever they're called) antidepressants (yep, i'm on amatryptaline)
i also think things got physically compromised (concussions can alter blood flow to the brain i've heard) b/c pounding started from day 1.
so i'm eating a little more salt (high BP is not an issue for me, i eat like a bird and pretty healthy), hoping to taper off the amatryp, and gonna just hope it improves in time w/ movement assuming docs have no better ideas.
let's keep on taking baby steps together even if we get our asses kicked occasionally for trying. am i allowed to swear on here?
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel.
Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements.
Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses.
"You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou
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