Hi! My name is Kim and I've kinda sorta been following this forum for a couple weeks but I finally got my account to work tonight. Anyway, I'm about to hit nine weeks post fall on Sunday. I fell down some stairs one rainy day and the post concussion syndrome that followed forced me to take a medical leave from college. For a while I was in a really dark place, but I'm finally starting to pull out of that and feel at least somewhat like myself again.

I have a LOT of questions right now. First of all, I went to see a neurologist a week ago. He has some sort of "headache clinic" and I was referred to him from a family doctor. He seemed to think that my fall triggered migraines that I already had a tendency toward getting because of family history but hadn't until that point. He sent me away with a lot of medication. I can't help but feel that he's only trying to mask the pain and nothing else...well, all of the medications are making me feel uneasy. I never took any--except for a couple doses of tylenol--after the fall. I just finished a week of prednisone (steroids) and now I am taking mobic/meloxicam (nsaids) for two months. I also have some "rescue medication." I guess my question is, is it normal for a neurologist to just prescribe a lot of medicine for post concussion syndrome patients? Will I be okay once I've taken all of it? (and what about all those scary side effects/warnings?) Should I seek another neurologist (even though it took a ridiculously long amount of time to get to see this one)?

And is struggling with this injury still, well, normal or should I be worried?

I might add that right now I feel loads better than I did a couple weeks ago. My headaches are finally manageable and I can do some normal things and things I enjoy. I've just started to ease back into reading a little bit, meaning I can read a few sentences at a time. I'm sure you can tell that writing is quite a struggle. I mean, I can get words out, but it takes a lot of time, patience, and concentration to write something that's kind of comprehensible. More questions: what will help my symptoms that medicine can't? e.g. concentration, memory, sleep abnormalities, and so on? It feels like my grasp on everything right now is just so unsteady. Is feeling like I'm losing my mind most of the time normal?

I've learned that getting back to normal will only be a story that time will tell, but is there anything I can do to help for now? I never know what I'm capable of in a day and although I'm so grateful to be able to get out of bed recently, my current condition is agonizing. Is just being able to think without getting burdened too much to ask for? How can I cope with the endless thoughts? Is rest the only thing I can do to help?

I apologize if my rambles made absolutely no sense. Any and all feedback you have is greatly appreciated.