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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
greenfrog said <Better to give them accurate information *and* good advice about promoting recovery. >
The accurate information would correctly be "We don't know when you will recover." Those who do not spontaneously recover within the first 6 weeks are left in a no-mans land of no valid information. As for good PCS advice coming from most doctors, It ain't gonna happen. Low stress and good rest are about as good as it gets. Most don't ever recommend nutritional improvements.
Hundreds of research studies have been done to find any commonalities regarding prolonged PCS. The only conclusion they come to is that there is no rhyme or reason to PCS recovery statistics. Further, they can find no correlation between recovery and intensity of the head impact.
There are two ways prolonged symptoms and recovery are discussed. Some will use the one year as a threshold. Others simply state the obvious: The longer symptoms persist, the greater the chance that they will be permanent or at least very long term.
A challenge to long term studies is that the subjects drop off the radar from a medical records perspective. Doctors get tired of hearing their complaints so they either stop complaining and/or seeing that doctor or the doctors make minimal records of those complaints. Keep putting the patient off and they eventually go away.
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I agree 100%...especially with that last part. I realized that after the first neurologist's NP referred me to a psychiatrist and didn't ask me to schedule another appointment with their office.
Mark, I didn't at all see your post directed at me. I just seen an open window to explain my situation a little more in detail. Sorry if it was a little too much. I just wanted to make a point that for some of us it's not that easy. It was a vent, a cry for help, and a way to document my situation in case someone in the future browses this forum and can relate to my struggles.
This injury happened at a bad time. My son was born the month before. That day at the hospital when I held my son for the first time, I became a different person. I started looking in to the future, how his life was going to be if I didn't start building a foundation...Then everything came crashing down on me
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About the 50% increase...do I need full custody to do that? I got your message titled "Custody". It made me do a lot of thinking. I haven't made my decision yet. I also haven't felt good enough lately to deal with the people at Equal Rights of Divorced Fathers. They are handling my case...a lot of thinking involved when I go there.
I'll get everything figure out. I just need some time.
Last night WAS the talk about authority at the house. I made the entire household clear of what needs to be done. The father of my sister's baby is really ghetto and hard-headed. I've TOLD him to knock it off. It works for half the day (if even that) and then the music is back on again. I could whoop him out easily, but that's taking a risk of getting hit in the noggin. Not what I need right now.
Sounds like you've had your share of struggles in the past, too. It's good to hear that you pulled through. I'm hoping one day I'll have the mind-power to put together a sure-fire plan for me and my son's future.
You said (At least if you were on your own, you would be able to avoid the negatives of your mom's place. If you feel a need to help her, that time passed when you had your own child. You have far too much load of your own to carry.)
I realized that last night. That's what brought on the talk.
Thank you for the suggestions...I'll try the church thing once I have a day that I'm able to make it out of the house without getting disoriented.
Haven't tried any single dad groups yet. I'm still sensitive to everything...I can't handle being in a group. I went through the drive-thru the other day at McDonalds...after speaking with the drive-thru attendant, paying for my meal and driving off, I became "confused". This lasted 24 hours. I tried CBT. Couldn't keep up with what the guy was saying, my brain was tied in a knot to the point I couldn't speak. Never went back.