I know exactly what you mean!! The other day I was trying on some things at Target and when I was done I walked out of the dressing room WITHOUT PANTS ON!!! Luckily I noticed as soon as I stepped out of the dressing room and no one saw. I just have to laugh at myself when I do things like that or I will go crazy.
I will be 8 weeks post injury on Sunday. I don't think she really understands what a diagnosis of PCS means for the long term (and I am still figuring out myself). I think she just heard the word concussion and though i would be better in a few weeks. I have had headaches everyday almost continuously since. The Gabapentin is helping the intensity, however I have noticed that my cognitive symptoms are getting much worse and more frequent.
I do have a friend who had a bad head injury/PCS 6 years ago and still has issues with dyslexia, short term memory, word finding ect... I am able to go to her and vent and she totally understands and tries to give me tips on how to deal with it.
I also started reading the tbiguide Mark told me about. I looked at it a few weeks ago and was overwhelmed by the amount of writing and wasn't able to read it. It is absolutely amazing, its like the author got inside my brain and was able to perfectly describe almost all of my symptoms! I will print that off for my mom as well and hopefully that helps.
Thanks for the great advice everyone!
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Originally Posted by nwsmith1984
My girlfriend sometimes doesn't understand what I'm going through and says some things similar to that. Sometimes she will laugh at something I do because of my symptoms, like we were at the grocery store and I left the 4 month old son who was in the stroller on one of the aisles and started walking to the next aisle lol, she was like NICHOLAS! THE BABY! And she started cracking up. I'm glad one of us has a fully functioning brain.
How long have you been having symptoms? Maybe it really hasn't settled in with her, or maybe she isn't educated enough on your condition. You should do what nightnurse30 suggested and show her those videos and also have her do a little research on PCS/TBI. Most of the documents online give a rough estimate of how long the symptoms last. I'm pretty sure once she reads about it she'll be more understanding.
My mom has done a lot of research on what I'm going through and she understands completely. She's the one I go to when I need someone to talk to.
I hope everything works out for you.
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