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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 756
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Ziggo,
Welcome to NeuroTalk. My name is Nick and as you can see in my signature, I was also assaulted. I was coming back from hanging out with a friend at Fremont St Experience in Las Vegas, we took the bus home. On the way home, we decided to stop at a McDonalds...I have no memory of what happened but according to the police report, as we walked in to McDonalds we both got hit in the back of the head. It was completely random. I was also under the influence of alcohol.
I'm sorry to hear your injury was under similar circumstances as mine. I'm not sure why you were attacked, but mine was random...and it's frustrating to know that I had no control over the incident. My life changed that day.
It sounds like your having trouble dealing with incompetent doctors. Don't feel bad, that seems to be the case with 90% of people here (maybe more). You will come to realize that head injuries and very misunderstood. Your going to hear something different from every doctor you see. The only way you'll get some "decent" help from anyone is if you see someone that specializes in head injuries.
Your going to find a lot of help and incite here on this forum. I've said this before, but I've got more help on this forum than I have from any doctor I've seen. It looks like some people have already responded to your thread with some help...listen to them....follow their advice. It's the best information you will probably find anywhere. There is also a lot of other threads on here with useful information, like therapies and vitamin regimens. Have a search through the forum and see what you can find.
You mentioned that your right ear was damaged. Mine was too...after the assault, I had a decent bruise behind my right ear. I can hardly hear out of it and I have a constant ringing on that side.
DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL!!! It will make you worse. Trust me, I thought I was healed up and ready to go. I had little to no symptoms left...I started to drink heavily....one morning I woke up with a whole slew of new symptoms. Even after I stopped drinking, more and more symptoms would pop up everyday until I was left with what you see in my signature. Don't....drink.
Your gonna hear this from everyone. Sleep...get plenty of rest. Don't do much of anything. If you feel like your starting to get overwhelmed, go lay down until you feel better. Sometimes I have to lay in bed for days before I have one good day where I can actually leave the house to run an errand. Go for small walks. Eat healthy, start taking vitamins. There are tons of threads on vitamins that you can search for on here. Don't do anything that makes you feel worse, you will set yourself back in your recovery.
That's all I can think of right now...Welcome to the forum, stick around and keep us up to date on your recovery.
Nick
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Originally Posted by Ziggo
Hey guys, Im 20 years old with concussion, on 24th of December 6 guys attacked me and left me knocked out, I was out for quit some time, of course I didn't remember how long, I was really drunk as well, next few days I felt terrible cause of hangover, I was sleeping like first 3 days, when alcohol came out i started to feel all injured places, my body healed well, after 1 week i visited my neurologist,
He immediately send me to magnetic resonance, and told my injury is serious, at next day I got results and went to him again, so I have brain injury, i don't have hematoma but some 6x8mm big hyperintense subcortical thing from concussion in T2, i'm not a doctor and I've no idea how it sounds in English, he said 6x8mm is kinda big and serious and I'll need to sleep 2 weeks till next visit, so I did, my body healed very well, but head not i still got huge headache,
I went to him again. He gave me recipes for painkillers again checked coordination it was fine, I haven't had amnesia I haven't vomited either, I sometimes wake up in nights, He told you can start to walk again in room but don't go outside, its winter here like -25 every day, rest, sleep as much as you can, I think I have a whiplash to neck as well.
It hurts a lot, since I didn't made a progress in 1 month I went to another neurologist in capital city, since I couldn't hear with right ear since accident I needed to visit an ear doctor, he sent me to audiogram, After couple of weeks I could hear with my right ear again, after audiogram.
He said I've lost like 20-40decibels in right ear for rest of my life, I cant hear whispers and things like that, so I was done with ear doctor, so after several tests, we noticed I don't have balance at all, my body is shaking all the time, especially neck. Still shaking after month, my shoulders are shaking a lot.
I've lost concentration, very emotional, close to breakdown, easy to annoy me, I can still think, I did couple of university works on good grades, haven't been stupid, my eyes are fine now, my face wasn't injured at all, I was very sensitive at light for first 2 weeks, so I was done with ear doctor.
I head straight away to make a heart cardiogram, my blood pressure was high - 140 pulse 97, my heart is beating fast all the time, my vegetative nerves system has been destroyed, and it kinda feels my heart is to low, I'll have a stomach check in hospital at 9th February but I think its fine, after that I went to check my neck, I had computed tomography for neck - C1:C7, results - good, nothings wrong,
So its the muscles, I did blood tests, I don't have anemia, I've lost some blood but its nothing serious, I have lack of motor coordination, dizziness but rarely now. In first weeks I was waking up in nights a lot. Haven't happened lately, my head hurts in several places but skull isn't broken and damaged, My pupils have always been in same size,
I was really sleeping a lot in first 2 weeks, sometimes like 16h per day, now I don't, I'm sleeping like +-10h per night that's all, I can watch TV, Sit at laptop in bed, In first 3 weeks I felt great when I was in warm rooms, but felt terrible outside even for couple of minutes. Now I feel terrible in warm rooms and great outside at - 25, I'm a none smoker.
I tried alcohol a bit, I drank like 0.2l and was drunk. I kept taking couple of drinks, and then I partied till 6 o clock morning, I didn't needed much, I was able to speak and dance, I didn't had blackout, my brain didn't shut down. I woke up next day at 1 o clock and felt terrible. Don't try this at home. Won't drink again not even a bit, I got back power in arms, but neurologist told me not to work for next 3-4 months and I wont and haven't done anything physical.
1 of the doctors said my headache isn't caused from brain injury, so anyone I beg, with experience got some tips ? I cant live like this further, when it will stop ? I stopped taking painkillers for last 4 days. I took em today and don't feel very well. I won't take em anymore.
At last visit neurologist told me to try to get back in my life rhythm slowly to go out for small walks for fresh air, walk in home more and come back in a month for a visit. I got noises in head, ears, my brains are shaking, its way better then it was a month ago, I was like deadman but its still terrible at the moment.
Ziggo
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What happened: I was randomly assaulted from behind in June of 2011. I was knocked unconscious for an unknown amount of time (less than 30 minutes) and have no memory of the event. CT scan showed contusion and hematoma of the left frontal lobe. I spent 3 days in the hospital. Diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome in September 2011. Currently have Medicaid, Medicare and SSI.
Current symptoms: Brain fog, mild memory issues, problems with spontaneity, occasional spacing out, word finding difficulties, tinnitus in right ear and some other things that I can't explain.
Life after the brain injury: 4 years after the injury, I'm engaged to my beautiful girlfriend of 5 years, I'm the CEO of my own business, Notorious Labs, I've taught myself how to program complex games and apps which is a feat I never thought I'd accomplish and now live a semi-normal life with very mild PCS symptoms.
Slowly but surely regaining my life back.
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