Theta Z,

It is not just your State that there is a problem. When I fell from the bed in the ER, there was never any mention of a concussion even though I fell on my head and sustained a nasal fracture. The only person in the ER who acknowledged that there was a problem with the ER doc. He stated in his record about the fall and how the docs/nurses were at fault and in his dictated report list head trauma as a diagnosis. The neurologist that they wanted me to follow-up with was associated with the hospital at fault. Do you think she was going to say that I had a concussion? She blamed my headaches and everything else involved with this to the seizure meds that they put me on in the hospital. So, I saw every professional I thought appropriate to help me get to the bottom of my problems.

I saw a spine PT, a rehab nurse, eye doc, psychiatrist, etc. I finally went to see a Sports Med doc who is familiar with head injuries. After listening to me, I said I was suffering from PCS. In the process, I also changed neurologists. This new doc started working on my headaches right away. Unfortunately, I have not yet found the right meds to help with that. All I wanted my first neuro to say is that I had PCS, but since she was directly related to the hospital, I knew that she wasn't going to implicate them.

I stayed in the hospital for two days. I am pretty sure that they don't do that for people who have suffered from seizures. They prescribe you meds and send you home. So, I am guessing that I was there because of the head injury although that was never mentioned. I also received no information regarding PCS. So, all the things that came up after the fall where things I never knew could happen. My family doc, who also practices for the hospital, told me I was depressed and prescribed antidepressants. When I went back to here a few months later still with headaches, she said I was depressed and needed to see a psychiatrist. Saw a psychiatrist and he told me I wasn't depressed and took me off the antidepressants.

I could go on, but I think a lot of people on this thread have had some sort of this problem. Your State is not the only one!!