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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Somewhere near here
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Somewhere near here
Posts: 11,427
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There is really no reason to try to differentiate between a simple concussion, Post Concussion Syndrome or something else. It is the symptoms that need to be addressed. The no loss of consciousness, no amnesia, no immediate nausea, are all meaningless. Very few concussions have those symptoms, especially immediately after the impact (s).
You took a blow or two to the head. Many boxers can get knocked out by a strong blow to the side of the face.
The question should be about how to treat your symptoms. You said they are:
- lingering nausea,
- sometimes i am a bit confused and desorientated,
- i lost 10 pounds during a 2 week period (i donīt eat because i feel nauseous),
- sometimes i experience diziness (but this used to be worse),
- i feel slow, slow reactions, slow moves,
- lights bother me, have to wear sunglasses almost all the time,
- i have wierd, irrational thoughts, wierd thoughts, it feels like i am going crazy, losing my mind,
- have memory problems (this used to be worse),
- feel deperonalized and derealized, almost spaced out, very often
- i am sad, antisocial, have strong depressions, very anxious, panic attacks, attacks of irrational fear (these symptoms are the most intense, scary, and hardly manageable),
- have no energy, and i am physically weak.
These are all common to a concussion. Your brain needs an extended period of quiet rest. No caffeine or alcohol. Not cognitive stress. No sensory stress like lights and sounds.
A specific diagnosis will not change your symptoms. Your brain got messed up. Give it a rest so it can heal.
My best to you.
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Mark in Idaho
"Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10
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