Lemonbar,

Wow, You fit right in here. Lost of people have had similar experiences. Your symptom list is classic, right out of the book.

Regarding the MRI, I highly doubt an earlier MRI would have shown anything. Actually, CT Scans usually do better. But, even rare but small bleed would not have likely changed your treatment or lack thereof. They would have just watched you a bit closer.

In my observation, your neck is likely your most treatable injury. Resolving neck issues, especially the subtle neck injuries common to injuries like yours allow the other symptoms to be more accurately treated. The huge overlap between neck related symptoms and concussion symptoms can confound treatment. Finding the right therapist who can help with your neck is important. It is amazing how one therapist can differ from the next.

It is important to learn good neck posture, especially during sleep and resting, when neck muscles are relaxed. It took me a long time to achieve healing for my upper neck. The therapists alone were not enough. To this day I have a noisy neck but don't get the disabling inflammation any more from having an unstable neck.

If your head aches have a neck component like many do, resolving that will help lower your daily stress load so the other therapies can be more productive.

Has anybody helped you with nutrition to provide a better healing environment for your brain ? There is a Vitamins sticky at the top that has good information.

Feel free to let us know how we can help.

My best to you.