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Originally Posted by lookin4answers
Which of the three would most likely be causing degeneration of my cognitive abilities? Car wreck in 2003, bad bad bad, hit head very hard on windshield, the other injuries in said wreck aren't what I'm worried about. Well, let me say several car wrecks; in the others I didn't get a direct hit to the forehead but certainly got jostled.
Drug overdose in 2007. A plethora of drugs including Fentenyl, cocaine, and alcohol. Boyfriend found me unresponsive on his couch. When I finally awoke in the hospital I couldn't hear a thing! Hearing eventually came back, but, I don't know what is happening to me now.Sure there were some cognitive issues for a bit, but now...short and long term memory loss, confusion, sometimes can't even form a complete sentence because I can't recall words! I have an impressive vocabulary, well, did.
Any thoughts, suggestions....anything would be appreciated. Thanks
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I just re-read my post and realize how very lacking it is in content. I left a whole lot out and if anyone does indeed read it, it might help for me to be a tad bit more informative about why I'm here and what has went on with me for the past 25yrs. Shed some light so to speak.
deep breath*Ok, I'll do my best at typing but I lose my train of thought in between hunting and pecking.
I was in my first major car accident at age 15. Broken legs, punctured lung, crushed pelvis, lacerated liver...ect. ect. I don't even know if this is relevant but there that is. I never quite felt the same after that wreck. I mean, I didnt feel like ME anymore and I don't think it had to do with the aforementioned injuries.
Fast forward about 10 yrs and you would find me bartending, and drinking just as much as I served. Lots of blackouts. Had to get away from that scene so I moved to Virginia. Next car wreck, flipped a truck and went through the windshield...refused medical treatment.
Forward again, 2003, hit someone head on, broke lots of things, thank goodness no one was hurt but me. And I wasn't drinking. Or doing drugs. I do not recall much about my time in the hospital, I can imagine that they did doscans on my head, but I was in so much pain and on so many heavy painkillers that I just don't remember a whole lot of that year.
2007: the year of the heart attack and an overdose. Heart attack from a blood clot, overdose because I hurt, I overmedicated, and I almost died. I have no idea how long I went without oxygen, but as I said, when I finally woke upmy hearing was gone and not only that but the baby I did not know I was carrying was no longer alive.
I was sent home and I did not have the ability t dress myself, carry on a conversation, walk...and I didn't even know it! I thought that I was behaving normally! My friends sat me down and somehow made me understand that something was seriously wrong with my head. I do not remember being in a state mental institution..I was there for three months before I could count to ten.....Anyhow, now I'm noticing that while my mental stability seems to be fine, well, maybe not, because I can't remember things,I have tremors, panic attacks, anxiety. I have trouble verbalizing. I was an artist before that wreck and I cannot even draw a daggone stick figure now. Something is not right and it is getting worse,
Is it possible that I injured my brain from all of the above? If so, then why the lapse in time it has taken to show up. Am I even on the right track?
okay, I'm all hunt and pecked out on this keyboard...Thanks for reading