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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Way UP North, Michigan
Posts: 19
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Way UP North, Michigan
Posts: 19
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Symptom relapse is pretty common, right?
I've been just lurking for awhile. Original injury in Jan 2012. Started feeling really good in June, stayed pretty mellow through the summer. Now school has started for the kids, things got super busy at work, having trouble keeping things under control & haven't established the new routine yet--and I feel about like I did 4-5 weeks into my PCS. Brain fog, insomnia, anxiety is ramping up, I'm forgetting appointments (standing weekly ones), struggle for words, etc. I'm trying to back off, but people seem much more unwilling to understand this go-'round. My boss gives me the "been-there-done-that" look & my friends are sort of rolling their eyes at me. In some ways, this feels worse, since I feel like I have to defend myself more right now. I'm really satisfied with my recovery thus far. The only thing I've found totally out of reach for me is that I cannot read choral music--I used to sing in a choir & cannot do that. I don't enjoy music as much anymore, either.
I know part of the relapse is a too much/too soon scenario. I've had three weekends of company, which hasn't helped.
I guess I'm not really looking for advice so much--I KNOW what I must do to return to a more functional place--but sometimes there's strength in a shared journey. So, this is "normal"? As normal as the PCS brain can be, anyway...
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leebeemi
43-year-old female, final blow leading to PCS occurred Jan 2, 2012, when I hit my head on the edge of the car door, hard enough to chip the paint. Felt "okay" for a couple of hours. Then headache, dizzyness, nausea, etc., hit hard. Diagnosed as "concussion & contusion" first, then PCS a couple of weeks later. Lasting symptoms: persistent brain fog, enhanced depression & anxiety, intermittent dizzyness, mild constant headache (where a full-on migraine is a 10 level pain, these are about a 3). I also have trouble remembering faces/names, am easily confused, and can't read choral music (!). My worst issue is that I often dream that I do something, but don't realize it was a dream--this is causing issues in my job.
Am on the feeling better/crashing roller coaster now. Take 10 mg of Elavil per day which has helped a great deal.
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