Hi there,

I am new to the forums after doing much research on TBI and PCS. I will try to keep this concise. I am a 31 y/o female and have recently been experiencing very disturbing memory problems, along with difficulty concentrating.

I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD, Fibromyalgia, Erythromelalgia, and Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR, or silent reflux). In the last 6 years, I've also been diagnosed with Migraines and IBS.

I had two head injuries when I was young; one at (approximately) age 10 and one at 12.

The first injury was when I ran right into a neighbor. We hit heads, and I had a huge goose-egg on my forehead. I was not unconcious.

The second injury was playing softball. I was hit directly in the eye with a softball thrown by a grown man (the sun blinded me), and knocked unconcious for approximately 2 minutes. I am not sure if I hit my head again when I fell, but that is a possibility. I had a swollen, black eye.

My parents did not take me to the doctor for either of these. They observed me for 24-48 hours to ensure I was "normal", so no tests were ever conducted and nothing was diagnosed. I suspect I had a concussion for at least one injury.

As an adult, the only thing I remember hitting my head on is the car door frame - thinking I had "cleared" it, but only to find out (painfully) that I hadn't.

As long as I can remember, I have always had the following symptoms:

Absent-minded (lost keys, forgot homework, etc.)
Fatigued
Headaches
Irritable
Difficulty with Balance (would walk into still objects)

As an adult, in addition to the above, I've seen an increase in the following:

Depression
Anxiety
Increased memory loss (forget names, can't find words, don't remember entire conversations, etc.)
Difficulty concentrating and focusing
Color Vision Deficiency - More than one eye specialist has told me this is rare, but unlikely to have been caused by the softball/black eye incident. My mother is a carrier, but my father isn't colorblind. I am no scientist, but a female has to have two copies of a faulty gene to be colorblind.

In the past I've had both an MRI and CT Scan, when trying to figure what was causing headaches, and they must have been normal. I was not notified otherwise.

I am wondering if a diagnosis can be made after close to 20 years after the last injury. I made an appointment with my neurologist, as he is the first likely step in all of this. At every appointment, he does a simple neurological diagnostic/function test (flashlight, eye movement, reflexes, walking, etc.) which I am assuming have been normal. My doctor hasn't shown any concern.

I know that no one here can give medical advice, but any help you could provide in the way of knowledge or personal experience would be MOST helpful.