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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 205
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Hi!
I've been on leave from work for 2 years and am thinking about returning to modified work in January. I teach college so will teach one course.
I, too, have a PhD, so our scores will be a bit "higher" in the neuropsych evals, if only because we've had more years of education.
I couldn't return to work earlier because of binocular vision issues and vertigo migraines. Both have been addressed through vision therapy and medication-not resolved but are manageable now. I also feel that if I don't return to work, albeit somewhat minimum work levels, I am about to be fired! So I will try.
It's really isolating to be with mtbi and recovering from pcs. I did do volunteer work at 1.5 years. This seem to help with the social aspects of work, and the administrative processing. The risk was very low. I got to work through a lot of my own fears about being ready or not through volunteering and that helped!
Your neuropsych can also help with a return to work plan as well!
Best of luck!
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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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