Joanne,

I don't think you should feel like you're crazy. The fact that you felt like it, but you didn't do it, is a good thing! I'm a mom of 3 kids and can honestly say that since I had my injury I have struggled with moments of sheer rage, when I've wanted to hit someone. I don't ever punish my children physically so these impulses really alarmed me. Like you, I didn't act on them and as pbob suggested, removed myself from the situation as soon as possible. As the months have passed I have these incidents less and less frequently. I am hopeful to be all the way back to my even tempered self at some point.

I am also extremely sensitive to sounds, cutlery banging, the sound of a fork against a plate when someone is eating next to me, my own voice, others talking to me. Sounds that should be in the normal range are like fingernails against a chalkboard. I still have to do another test but a recent CT scan of my temporal bone (ear) showed a problem called superior canal dehiscence. It is rare but a certain percentage of people are predisposed to it.

If it wasn't that, they were checking me for a perilymph fistula, also an ear problem but with the soft tissues of the inner ear. My symptoms have improved slowly except for those that seem to be related to the ear problems (vestibular system), that symptom set has stayed the same. You can find information about and symptoms of both easily online. Both of these are relatively rare but can happen after a head injury.

My doctor found a thyroid imbalance when my hormones were tested. I don't know if that being out of whack messed up other things and contributed to the crazy emotional responses I've had to things, but in those ways I'm feeling better and better all the time. So, it is worth it to get those hormones thoroughly tested.

Best wishes,

Becca