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Originally Posted by Hockey
Hi Bob and welcome to NT!
I'm sorry for the continued difficulty your TBI is giving you. I was, however, happily surprised by the progress you've made given that you were knocked out. Generally, the longer one is out, the worse the injury and the longer the recovery. Personally, I often wonder if I'm improving or if I've just grown accustomed to my symptoms. There's little doubt that many of us adapt to a "new normal."
Just so we can understand where you're coming from, would you mind telling us how old you are and how you were injured? Is this your first concussion? Have you had a neuro-psych?
Cheers
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Yeah I think exactly the same, especially with the fogginess symptom. One thing that reassures me is the memory of walking along thinking how it felt like I'd had a couple of drinks when I hadn't, feeling like everything was fuzzy like it does when you get tipsy. I'm certain it isn't like that now, it's more mild, but still apparent.
I'm in my early 20s. I was knocked unconcious with with a blow to my temple and subsequently the back corner of my head hit the concrete. I'm not sure how long I was out for, but apparently it was a considerable amount of time. No longer than 30 mins and possibly a lot less, but something within that timeframe. I was heavily intoxicated and have no memory of the incident, 30 or so minutes before the incident or anything after it, but it seems I somehow got home and went to bed. Thankfully I woke up, and still had my memory minus several hours of the previous night. Even when I learned what happened the next day I didn't go to the hospital, which is utterly stupid but it seems stupidity surrounded the whole incident. I only visited a doctor a couple of months later when I was suffering from PCS, and they reassured me I didn't have any serious damage in terms of internal bleeding etc.
I have had two other notable bumps which were roughly 2.5 and 5 years ago, both while intoxicated and I'm not sure if they were concussions. The one 5 years ago I recall the events up until the knock but have a patchy memory of events after it. The second I have no memory of the knock and likewise patchy memory of events after. For the second I actually got myself to A&E and they didn't diagnose a concussion and I was free to leave, but I was being sick in the hospital and I'm pretty sure I wasn't quite drunk to that extent prior to the incident. So it's possible I have had 2 previous concussions, but also possible that I've had none.
Just for information, since my concussion I'd guess I have consumed alcohol on a weekly/fortnightly basis for approximately 6 months in total, but there has also been periods of no consumption. However I no longer drink and haven't had a drop in almost 3 months. Not only does it obviously put me in dangerous situations but I gather it impacts recovery which I wish I wised up to earlier. If someone wanted an advert of why not to drink, I'd make a good example.