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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Thanks for the info. I'm not necessarily doubting her study, but when the difficulty I have believing that I'll ever get back to my normal self (even when my providers all think I have a large likelihood of doing so) is attributed largely to the comments on an internet forum of a single person I don't know who seems to know what he's talking about, and those comments are based on personal experience and a single researcher's work (at least as far as I can tell from what's been posted here), I'd like to know what they actually did in the study.
I'm not doubting your knowledge or personal experience, I'd just like to assess the primary source for myself.
Edit: Bummer, I can't seem to be able to access the article through my university online. I did glean from the abstract that they induced stress by simulating low oxygen conditions, and having 10 university students with a concussion history but perceived total recovery do a test, and that they performed significantly worse than those without a concussion history. How much worse I couldn't tell from the abstract.
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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.
Last edited by Laupala; 08-30-2014 at 05:15 PM.
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