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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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Once your diagnosed with an anxiety disorder...you become the boy who cried wolf. I can't get any help from anyone without my problems being blamed on anxiety. Every time I go to the ER, they see that I've been there for panic attacks...so they blame my heart jumping out of my chest (when it was an allergic reaction to a blood pressure med) on anxiety. I've become disoriented to the point I didn't know what year it was...and had to have someone with me to tell them I couldn't talk. But, since I have GAD...its anxiety. If I post on here and say there is something moving in my temple...it gets blamed on anxiety.
Geez, what's next? I'm going to become disoriented and not know who I am, who I live with or who my son is...and they are going to say its psychological. Then I'll have psychosomatic on my record (if I don't already) and really get no help.
But yeah, I want my struggles to be on paper so I can show Social Security. If I have to appeal...it would be easier for a lawyer to win my case with these results.
Cheers,
Nick
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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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