I wonder how many people here have taken advantage of their Brain Injury Association if their state offers it?

It took me a year and the prompting of my last neurology Dr calling them first to actually connect with our Association.

If you have not done so, please give it a try. I was in deep denial about my brain injury and wish I had called many months sooner.

They sent me a packet with helpful information based on things we discussed in my initial conversation. They hooked me up with the proper psychologist that I just finished NeuroCognitive testing with (one who is very familiar with brain injury, post concussion, etc). He was VERY validating and I await my report.

This psychologist referred me to a Sports Medicine Dr in the same building to hopefully help me understand what I can and cannot do physically and guide me in that way. He said that even though I work with horses and don't compete or play in other sports, that I need to look at my injury as sport related anway. Horses are at least as dangerous as playing football and in some cases worse.

I have a contact at the BI Association that I can call with ANY questions. She tries to help me either make sense of something I experienced or helps guide me into better practices to help make life easier.

How I overdo things and am always retriggering my symptoms because of that is more obvious with their help. It's a work in progress and I still find myself overcommitting to other people only to back out again later. Wow, do I hate having to back out of things because I was not as ready as I thought! Note to self: don't DO anything that involves committment to others, keep life simple for a long time. Doing nothing is not something I'm familiar with, so lack of activity won't be an issue.

I've had more validation and help in the last couple of weeks since calling the Brain Injury Assoc than I've had all year!

Anyone else have good experiences with their BI Associations?