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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 20
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 20
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Listening to Instructions?
Hope everyone is doing OK here. It's been a while since I have posted, but I still check in once or twice a week to see how everyone is doing.
This site (and the people on it) have been very instrumental in my recovery. I "celebrated" the two-year anniversary of my concussion last week, and I would estimate I am anywhere from 95%-98% recovered.
I still have a tender neck, and it hurts if I sleep or move the wrong way. I have learned to recognize my stressors--if I get too tired or upset, some of my symptoms come back. My short-term memory has improved quite a lot, though my immediate short-term memory is not good.
I have a question for the community--
Are there any ways/ exercises you recommend to follow verbal instructions better?
I am a very visual and very verbal person (but probably more written word than speaking). However, I have very real problems dealing with both of these things together. The latest was when my girlfriend was explaining how to put the leash/ collar on her dog.
I had real problems translating her words to action.
I've kind of always had this problem, even before my injury, but it seems worse now/ annoys me more now.
Any thoughts would be appreciated...
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What happened: in February of this past year, I suffered a fall. Though I did not hit my head, I came within three or four inches of hitting the ground, and the whiplash/ coup countercoup has caused lingering concussion symptoms.
I have had five or six prior head injuries, most of which completely healed within a few weeks, though one took about three months.
When I get my most depressed, I remember that I could have killed myself, which would have been far worse than anything I have gone through. June and July of 2013 were the absolute worst.
I have managed to keep my job in a field that demands a lot from my brain, though I do get cognitively tired very easily, and have some problems with reading comprehension and short-term memory, though some days I feel close to my pre-injury self.
The headaches of the Summer are gone (mainly) and I drink a lot of water and rest more than before.
I am on a supplement regimen, and that has helped; probably the medical intervention that helped the most were seven chiropractic manipulations of my neck in June and July.
I am fearful that I will be slightly brain damaged the rest of my life, but I am determined to enjoy the same things I enjoyed before, and I, even on days that I despair, know that the odds are with me.
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