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Originally Posted by adshansel
Hi,
My pre-teen daughter suffered a concussion in a minor auto accident. She was the only person injured in the car and we didn't even realize it until the next day when she had a substantial headache. When I took her to the local ER, they diagnosed her with a mild concussion and sent her home with the expectation that she would be better the next day. Three days later with the same headache, we went to the children's hospital ER where they diagnosed her with a significant concussion and refered her to the trauma clinic. Three weeks later, she still has the headache, although much better, and has been out of school the whole time. We tried school once and it made her headache much worse. We have tried homework at home, but it also aggravates the headache. Ballet seems to be OK. Does anyone else have any experience with this? We are so confused! The Dr.'s said she can't return to school until she can do it without pain, but she is missing so much! They also said it can take 2-3 weeks, but we are now starting week 4. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I know how you feel I had a major concussion almost 11 months ago...wow its been that long....and now I have PCS and have been out of school for 2 months. Is she taking any medication or has any medication been mentioned so far?
I had a headache ranging from migraines to ice pick headaches for ten months straight, then one doctor suggested amitriptyline i have been on it for almost a month now and my headaches are almost totally gone its been a week and i have only had a few short very mild headaches. Try asking about it its the only thing that has asked for me.
Also see if there is anyway you can get the school involved, since the at home work isnt going well just wait and try talking to them about help for people in the situation like your daughters. When she gets better...which i hope is very soon because it definitely is not fun...they could help a lot. I currently have a tutor bringing work to me while im at home so when she gets to that point that would be a good place to start before just trying to jump back into all the classes and stresses school presents even just being in classrooms with loud kids and overwhelming lights and noises.
If ballet isnt making it worse i would suggest to continue to do it. if it makes it worse at any point stop because you dont want to be back to square one or even go below where she was when it first happened. otherwise it gives her something to do and something to look forward to. just make sure to monitor it.
Is she having any other problems or is it just the headaches/migraines? hope you can get the answers youre looking for
