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Old 01-21-2016, 02:31 AM
RP2517 RP2517 is offline
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Default Feeling a little discouraged with this whole PCS thing

I'm not much of a typer so this will be a little short and to the point. I suffered a head injury while playing basketball on May 9, 2015 from a head to head collision. I got dinged up but I never lost conciousness so I just keep playing. But I had to soon stop playing because I felt fatigued and I couldn't play at the level that I normally play at. Didn't realize I had a concussion until the next morning when I had a migraine and felt really nauseous. I went to the ER and the doctor knew right away that I had a concussion. He sent me home and basically said the only remedy is rest in a dark room. So after that I suffered from extreme headaches, emotional instability, lack of balance, trouble reading, you guys know the deal. So suffered with this for months and was just anticipating my visit with the Neurologist which came on July 21. He prescribed amitryptoline and said it will get worse before it starts getting better. But it just got worse. So I discontinued the meds and just started trying to naturally heal. I made a lot of improvement. Mostly by dosing more on the progress I've made since the injury rather than focusing on getting to where I was before the injury. But anyway, tho I've gotten better, I have frequent reminders throughout the day that lets me know I'm still suffering from pcs. Mainly, headaches, lack of balance, and insomnia. But I feel like going to a doctor is a waste of time because nothing comes up in the MRI/Scans, and they don't ever seem confident in their assessments. So if there's anyone who can share any advice that's not going to cost me a whole lot of money, but more so just some words of wisdom I would greatly appreciate it. I'm also grateful for this outlet because as I'm pretty sure you guys know, this is a very lonely kind of suffering. No one understands except the ones who actually suffered or are suffering from this.
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