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Old 09-13-2012, 03:25 PM
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Interestingly enough, the day before I felt really good I only got 3 hr sleep because I was stressing about my relationship. I had an appt in the morning with a neuropyschologist who I didn't completey agree with everything she was saying. She said patients tend to get on the concussion train and they attribute every symptom they have to the concussion. She went on to say how she's not suggesting it's all in my head(even though it kind of seemed that way to me) but that we're back to square one and need to find out why I'm still having symptoms.

She suggested starting vestibular therapy again(since I had gotten worse when I stopped) and then she recommended a good eye Dr. to rule out anything vision related. She does think sleep could be a large part of it since I was diagnosed wtih Restless Leg Syndrome. My sleep study I had done showed I was in REM sleep for only 26 minutes and had 99 arousals.

My neuropysch full assessment test said I scored average or above in most categories. I scored way below average in one test for visuall recall but they attributed it to that being an outlier rather than an indication something is wrong(how stupid are these people?)

I'm definitely glad that there doesn't appear to be any major deficits but I know my level of functioning is not what it was before my accident. I used to have very fast paced jobs which required multi tasking and managing high levels of stress(this could be part of why my symptoms are lingering). Now, my brain wouldn't be able to tolerate a few hours of my old job tasks without being overstimulated and feeling like crap.

Since my accident, I've been working part time at home where I'll work a few hours a day on the computer. I'm not sure if I've given myself 2 months of complete rest free of work and not worrying about getting a full time job. If I'm symptom free for a full month, then maybe I can consider getting full time work.
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