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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 267
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 267
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The meditating I do is mindful meditation. I am, very slowly, reading Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn and I have some of his guided meditations.
Basically I just sit quietly for 20 minutes and focus on my breathing. When my mind wanders I gently bring it back to focus on breathing again. Some days my mind is going like crazy and I have to bring it back a lot but that's ok.
My neuro psyc says its both rest and also focus training for the brain so its double good. I do it at home only. Can't do my yoga tapes yet but I am trying some 20 minute stretch ones I have.
Today was a horrible day where I couldn't even have a brief phone conversation. I overdid it yesterday by going to a competition my son was in, for a couple hours. I considered it something I could not miss no matter what.
Had my ear plugs in and sunglasses on and felt ok yesterday but woke up feeling almost like the first day of my concussion all over again. Hoping to feel better tomorrow.
I find conversations to be one of my most difficult things, after walking, and its probably what I miss the most. I can read fluff for a little while but don't retain much and tv is a couple hours a day tops, with breaks and only calm quiet shows.
Wow gotta get off here!
Hope tomorrow is a good day for everyone!
CC
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I'm a 39 year old, female, accountant. On July 2, 2012 I crashed my bike at the end of a 65KM road ride. I was fine that day but woke up the next morning to my current world.
Ongoing symptoms include: dizziness, blurred vision, light and noise sensitivities, cognitive problems, uncontrollable emotions/depression/anxiety, headaches (but they're getting better), mental and physical fatigue, difficulty communicating and sleep disturbances.
Currently seeing a fabulous Neuro Psychologist and vestibular physiotherapist and hoping to soon see a neuro ophthalmologist. I am currently doing 20 minute stationary bike rides daily, 20 minutes of meditating, 15 minutes of Lumosity and lots of resting. I have not been able to work or drive since the accident.
The things that have helped me the most since the accident are vestibular therapy, gel eye drops (for blurred vision, sensitivity and dryness), amitriptyline (10mg), and meditating. I am finally starting to see some slight improvements and am hopeful!
My brain WANTS to heal itself... I just have to let it and stop trying to get better!
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