Thank you Mark. My daughter has had us read information to her from this website, and your name has come up very often. She did tell me that one of the sounds that bother her is her neck cracking (even swallowing), so she may very well have had a neck injury.

She was out of the country in Vietnam over a year ago, when she had a very violent massage in which the woman's hands slipped and hit her twice in the head. She had suffered a concussion about 2 years previous to that, when she slipped and fell in her apartment. That previously took her out of commission for about 1 year.

Since then, she has bumped her head on the wall when getting out of bed, a man's elbow hit the back of her head on a bus, and numerous impacts like that. Recently she moved to California and I went to help her get settled in. We bumped into each other, and a pan I was holding hit her in the brow. It was not a very bad impact, but of course all her symptoms have resurfaced. She was previously living in the state of Washington and had to use doctors from their disability system. She told me the doctors did not specialize in concussion or seem to know much about it. She was given Sumatriptan tablets which helped a little, but nothing has gotten rid of her migraines. I don't know about any diagnostic tests, but I will ask her about that. I know she saw a vision doctor who could document problems with her vision, but her neurologist indicated they had no hard evidence of her concussion so her complaints were subjective, and therefore she probably won't get the disability which she has applied for.

My daughter is unable to read because her concussion has affected her vision. She also cannot tolerate much light. She stays in bed all day, although presently she can only sleep about 3 hours a day. Obviously, I am very worried about her, and I also feel helpless. She has gone to the ER in the past for her migraines, and they dismiss her and say she is just trying to score narcotics, so now she is reluctant to go to the hospital for help. She had started on Topamax (25 mg.) 1 1/2 weeks ago, and now is weaning off of it because she feels her migraines are worse, not better.

She was referred by her doctor in Washington to a headache clinic down here, so I will call them Monday and I will definitely make sure she has them look into the neck injury aspect. Thank you so much for your help!!