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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 64
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 64
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"Coma" Naps
Almost everyday (typically in the afternoon), I experience what I have nicknamed "coma naps". This is because I fall asleep so quickly and sometimes feel like I have no choice. The sensation is like cement filling my brain until my body says "enough". While I am asleep, I sleep so deeply that I don't wake up for a few hours (2-3 hrs). I have had to be shook awake on some occasions. Other times I have slept through dogs barking, someone coming to visit, fire alarms, phone calls and alarms. I have been having these for 7 months now. I have to use sleeping pills at night to sleep, and I do sleep pretty good through the night.
Neurologist and family doctor are not concerned; however they leave me feeling uneasy. Especially with school is starting again and I have to get up in time to pick up my son at the bus stop. Does anyone else experience this?
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1 year post-concussion caused by a high-speed MVA.
Driver to driver head-on. I was stationary and the other vehicle hit me traveling > 110 km/hr successfully breaking my sternum.
Diagnosed with chronic neuropathic pain, PTSD, somatic symptom disorder, depression, anxiety. I suffer from daily headaches, 24x7.
Meds: On prescription medication for neuropathic pain, breakthrough pain, anxiety, depression and sleep disorder.
OTC medications used to try and keep headaches in check: acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
Treatments: Physio (declined since May '14), RMT (declined since Feb '14), Psychiatry CBT (since Nov '13), Pain Clinic Nerve Blocks, Botox and Lidocaine Infusion (since May '14), SLP (since Aug '14), OT (since Sep '14).
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