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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 214
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Hi Almost,
Thanks for the response. I should clarify, I don't think I was dizzy and disoriented in response to the treatment itself. I get mildly dizzy when my head is in that position normally anyway, and experienced some of that my first visit, and then experienced fairly extreme (for me) dizziness and brief dis-orientation after the therapist bumped my head.
I'm anxious that this somewhat immediate effect means that this bump was a significant one that could have caused damage of some kind. Paradoxically, I'm all the more anxious because I don't want to be anxious starting off this treatment, to give it the best chance to work.
As far as my response to the 2 treatments themselves, so far it's just been feeling more tired, which could be expected after a 4 hour drive, and then being much more anxious today, but I think that's in response to the head bump, not the treatment itself. Someone else on NT also had a less than great experience with laser therapy, so it's good to have the clinic's positivity tempered with some realism. Still, I'm hopeful it might help. They're also working on a hamstring injury that predates the concussion, so even if it provides little head relief, hopefully it'll help the hamstring.
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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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