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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 214
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I was placed on klonopin for sleep after I didn't sleep for 3 nights straight a week after my concussion. It helped with sleep, but I felt worse after I started taking it. Was on it for 2.5 months, I forget the exact dosage, but I think it was around 1-2mg at night, which was apparently a lot. Thankfully didn't have much trouble weaning off. I have wondered if my recovery had gone differently, given getting on klonopin made me feel worse, and probably produced more anxiety overall than it helped. Just my experience though, from what I'm told it's best if only used for short periods of time, so perhaps taking it short-term could be helpful?
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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.
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