Hi I recently hit my head going up the stairs at a family members house I was kind of going up them in a hurry and lift my self up off the bottom step and I nailed my head on the ceiling. I didn’t think anything of it, and just said to myself that’s going to leave a mark tomorrow. As I used to play football, race motocross and do many sports that require physical contact and are quite dangerous. I’ve fell and hit my head many times but never had any symptoms other than a headache for a couple of minutes and that was only a couple times.

This time I continued what I was doing, this was on Saturday afternoon (March 10th). I was working outside cutting up branches from the recent snow storm we had. I began to notice I just didn’t really feel like myself and had a slight headache. The headache got worse but I still considered it mild. I figured it’d go away with a good night sleep. That night I noticed Id wake up over every little thing, I’m a light sleeper as it is but I wake up over any little thing now. I suppose that’s a good thing though, as i read that it’s very bad if you can not be woken. I also realized my eyes were quite sensitive to light that night as well.

The next morning I got up made breakfast and I felt alright then 30 minutes after being up the headache came back, still not a very big deal. I was trying to stay inside my room in the darkness as much as possible from here on. I went out here and there to get dinner some nights though and a trip or two during the day in the first few days after I bumped my head.

The first two days my symptoms were, mild headache, mild light sensitivity, my vision was slightly blurred not much at all and it was only at times(I could see perfectly fine though), Slight brain fog, I didn’t feel like myself at all, and this has lasted until yesterday so 7-8 days), Sometimes Id misplace a word in a sentence it happened like once every two days(not a big deal sometimes I do that on a regular basis lol), I notice my balance was pretty off the first couple days I could walk it just felt a little weird but it’s gotten way better now it’s gone, it was only weird at the beginning of last week then it was like sometimes I feel off balance like once a day not like fall or trip I could just tell though if that makes sense almost like stumble I guess. I’ve been light headed on and off worse at the beginning it comes and goes if my headache comes back. I never had total confusion but almost like my brain was delayed I wouldn’t know then I’d know. It wasn’t bad at all though definitely mild. My ears are ringing a bit more as well. They were already ringing from the sinus inflammation I have but I noticed it’s a bit more nothing too bad though in my opinion. I was sleeping more than I usually did at first, I’ve been having odd dreams too sometimes it’s like mismatched I guess since my brain is still healing? And I’ve also been getting night sweats, I wake up and my bad is like wet.

The end of last week was quite rough I had pretty bad tension headaches at night and I definitely blame it on tv, and the electronics. I watched tv one night for about two hours and played video games for an hour. I also was texting and calling on the phone on and off throughout the day. I definitely rushed myself. This was on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I believe. Well anyway my headaches got severe a couple nights. One night it actually felt like someone was scraping the left side of my brain. And that same night after I watched tv and played video games for the first time it felt like my eyes were popping out of my head as pressure was pushing them out. It was very bad. I didn’t like that pain at all. I knew I rushed myself. I stopped and eliminated all the problems, I haven’t been on tv, video games or anything today was the first day back on the phone. I’d look at my phone for less than 30 minutes through the week I try to keep it down.

Every day this week I’ve been in bed resting though. Friday, Saturday, Sunday I later in bed a good amount. I noticed the more I lay in bed in the darkness the better I feel. As I’m writing this my head is hurting because of the phone light and it’s stressing my eyes a bit as well.

I’ve been eating well. Lots of fruits and vegetables and foods high in good fats like avocados, nuts, oils, beans, etc. I’ve been drinking lots of water. I just started taking my usual supplements and vitamins again since Friday I believe I didn’t add in all the rest like before my injury but just the ones that I can benefit from. I added bromelain 500mg 2x daily, quecertin 500mg 2x daily, Vitamin b12 500mcg daily, magnesium 250mg daily. I use peppermint oil and frankincense oil in a hot bath as well for 20 Mins daily to help promote healing, I started a couple days ago on this last Saturday.

Sorry for the long write up I just really wanted to explain my situation in detail. I’m not in terrible shape but I do still have symptoms and my headache is most likely going to be back tonight and maybe tomorrow as well, but I do feel myself slowing getting better. Light sensitivity is going down a little bit but very slow and so are the headaches they’re coming and going. Yesterday it was great all day until a loud noise stirred it back up then it went away again with time. The last two nights I can’t really go to sleep either I’m not sure why, I may go buy some melatonin to help me sleep. I forgot to mention I took 1 250mg of Tylenol for two days, so 500mg total. (Not a lot I know) I may also try taking turmeric I read that’s good for healing and swelling also any thoughts?

Anyway my question is, should I be worried by not getting a ct scan of my head? I would’ve got one right after the injury but I didn’t have insurance and they just approved me and gave me my card on Wednesday. So I’m wondering if I should go? Will this benefit me? If I go to the hospital will they give my a concussion test or just give me a ct scan and look for swelling or bleeding? I tried to get into a doctor but I lost my last insurance so I only have Medicaid and the only practice near me that accepts that provider told me to get a ct scan before I see them.

My only concern is that I’ve been getting a lot of ct scans recently. I had one of my abdomen, brain, and sinus all within the last year. So I don’t want to get any more unnecessary radiation that’s unneeded I also had numbers of X-rays from the dentist, on both my knees, my hip, arm, wrist, etc. I know the X-rays aren’t much but I’ve heard they add up over time. I feel like I’m getting better but very slowly. I know the head takes a lot of time to heal. I still have tension headaches and lightheadedness, light senstivity and some of the PCS but they come and go.

So what does everyone here think, would the ct scan be useful for me as it’s been almost 10 days now after the incident? I can write pretty well i guess and I’m also fully functional, no vomit, nausea, never passed out when I hit my head, remember everything that happened, no numbness or anything like that. My has been sore I trust started last night but I think that was from my pillow and not sleeping much because my back is sore as well, so I don’t think that has anything to do with it. I noticed my leg twitched like twice after the few first days went by but I think that’s from all the injuries I’ve had on my legs because that’s happened before so I don’t think that is related either. It’s still a little tender on where I bumped my head as I’m feeling it right now, is that normal? Pupils all good, no fluid or blood from ears, had mucus from nose but I do have sinus issues so I’m not sure if that’s related since it’s kind of normal with me. No seizures, fainting, or anything like that. I felt faint for a couple days but it could’ve just been brain fog not too sure never actually fainted or blacked out though.

If you guys have any suggestions to deal with PCS please share. I’m going to look around the site, as I’m a new member. And please let me know what you think I should do in terms of the ct scan? What are the symptoms of brain swelling ? Would I definetly know if there was bleeding and/or swelling of the brain? What’s the best choice for me? Keep doing what I’m doing, or get seen then continue resting and treating the concussion with rest?

Thank you very much and I apologize about the long detailed post. Every reply will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Danny