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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 214
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Thanks for the tips. So far I've been fairly sleepy before going to bed (although I always use the bathroom at least once immediately before hitting the hay, but that doesn't really undo the sleepiness very much), but I just can't fall asleep, even if relatively comfy. Last night, for instance, I probably layed in bed for 45 minutes, feeling relaxed and comfy, but not able to fall asleep. Then I started getting quite ancy and having the urge to move from side to side.
I'm also unsure of what to do with my hands, as resting them on my stomach is comfortable at first, but eventually, from the slight incline I guess (?) they sort of lose circulation and feeling and it becomes uncomfortable.
I'm also not sure that even if I fall asleep on my back, that I'll stay there. I move around a lot at night (23andme tells me I have a genetic polymorphism that explains that!). I guess the basic jist is I just have to experiment and find something that works, and keep at it even if some sleep has to be sacrificed.
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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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