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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 756
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 756
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Speech, thinking and reading after a stressful situation.
I'm wondering if severe stress can cause further damage to the brain and permanent symptoms?
I'm asking because I just found out something, through a text, that sent my body into stress mode. My heart was beating like crazy, my face turned red and I'm just extremely stressed out...
...but I'm more calm now and my mind is still screwed up. I just tried to make a phone call to a nurse about some medication I'm taking and my speech was messed up. My words were coming out faster than my brain could think them, I was stuttering and saying stuff that didn't make sense.
I'm also writing the wrong words in text...BIG time. I usually mess up a word once every 20 text messages or so. I'm doing it like every text message now.
I'm freakin' out.
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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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