BeanJean,

The name for your condition is Multiple Concussion Syndrome or Multiple Impact Syndrome. Basically, it refers to the prolonged symptoms that will likely follow you on and off for the rest of your life. There are things you can do to minimize the ups and downs. Read the Vitamins sticky at the top. Find the Nov 10th update. It is post 100, I think.

You likely also are suffering from a lifetime of sub-concussive impacts. They can be as dangerous as a concussion because the athlete does not take time off the field to give their brain a rest so the athlete can suffer hundreds of them a year. Heading the ball in soccer, body checks in field hockey, etc. Didn't your school/team have a concussion program ?

If you have not had enough if it scared out of you already, what can I do to scare the rest of it out of you so you give up contact sports ? Set a goal to heal up enough to be able to run. I took my conditioning from soccer and used it in a successful effort running distances in track and cross country.

You very likely have a neck issue that is making your symptoms spike. A generic chiropractor or physical therapist is probably not going to help much. It takes expert skills at the gentle diagnostics and manipulations to help the upper neck settle down and strengthen.

I gather from your screen name that you are a female. Not many female athletes come to NT with such a severe history of concussions. You may find that you need to get a serious assessment of your hormone levels, and not just female hormones. EsthersDoll has lots of good info on that.

How is school going ? What are you studying. I was pre-dental school after graduating high school with honors. I struggled my first semester and collapsed my second semester after a mild concussion the first week of class. Learning how to memorize with a dysfunction memory system is a serious challenge.

If you plan your life knowing your have an injured brain, you will still be able to accomplish much.

My best to you.