hello,

32 year old male with 7 documented concussions...and i am assuming at least another 5-6 undocumented. plus several sub-concussions, no doubt.
amateur boxer + street fighter. have been punched in head 100's & 100's of times. been kicked in the head. have had head slammed against walls/pavement.
was hit by a car as a pedestrian @ 15, knocked unconscious for 30 seconds. hammer fell off of garage roof onto my head. etc., etc., etc.

symptoms lately...memory problems (words - often stalling to find a word... names - even sometimes those of relatives!). concentration problems (can't get through a sentence of reading w/o mind roaming. have to reread sentences over and over for it to finally "sink in"). often can't concentrate when people are talking to me. find my mind roaming. ...emotional problems. just feel an undercurrent of anger and frustration at most times. . . . that can switch to fits of tears. physical - a constant ring in my head. constant. sometimes very high pitched. . . .balance - my head feels swimmy and heavy and my balance is sometimes off, like being slightly drunk. . . .
my life is hell.
i don't care about PCS or TBI - i've stopped fighting. i will never, ever go back to it. ever. ever. ever. if this is the brain i'm now stuck with, fine. but CTE - my brain shrinking and me going insane...it's the most horrific thought.