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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 39
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 39
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I'd say a neuropsych exam would be best. From my experience MRI/CT Scan/EEG/ect... Will show something IF it is serious enough. However, you can have a comcussion without it showing on one of those test. A neuro psych and cognitive eval will usually show/prove your concussion symptoms. I say prove because many doctors neruos will recognize your headaches and only that. Your other symptoms will according to many be from depression.
A neuropsych will look at your cognitive symptoms and how you function. In my situation my MRI and CT scan were normal and have been normal for ever concussion I've had (about 6). However I am not normal I have trouble every day cognitively I can't function normally.
My neuro refuses to believe I have had a concussion even tho I have taken the Impact tst 2 times and got an invalid score both times after my last injury and I can't function. He sees only my headaches which I can contain with some advil and tylenol. He says I'm depressed without looking into my life. Before my head injury I was highly functiononing after it I went down hill more and more as the timne passes. Now 11 moths later I'm fed up with it. Are there days I get upset from it yes but am I just depressed or is it that this has gone on so long tht I get so frustrated with it and the dumba** doctors and that's what makes me upset. I am currently wait a neuro psych exam.
The doctors I am to see for it already have no doubt that I am the way I am from concussions just from mt history. They look at things different then a regular doctor they look at your history with tbi and do cognitive testing to see if your symptoms are truely from a tbi. If your struggling with a neuro or gp ry a neuro psych to see if they can "persuade" your neuro to see it diffeently.
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22 year old college student and former college athlete suffering from memory loss, lack of concentration, confusion, loss of balance, mood changes, frequent head aches, noise sensitivity, and more due to multiple concussions. Last recorded in August 2011 during a soccer practice while doing a heading drill. No longer allowed to play soccer or any other competitve sport because the risk of another concussion is too great. Also suffering from Fibromyalgia, diagnosed in 2006 chronic pain, fatigue, irritability.
Last edited by Jaystar89; 07-09-2012 at 01:20 PM.
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