Originally Posted by PWood

I suffered a concussion in a car accident May 2, 2009, (got rear-ended sitting at a stop light) without hitting my head on anything. The impact was great enough to give me a concussion (neurologist said it's like adult shaken "baby" syndrome. The symptoms did not set in right away--over the course of 2 wks they worsened. I was off work 2.5 months due to my symptoms: personality change, couldn't do much as I would get dizzy, slurred speech, running words together or mixing them up (which at times were funny but still disconcerting), short-term memory loss, and a whole list of other symptoms. I could tell anyone off and not feel bad about it, which was weird as that is NOT me at all.