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Old 12-25-2012, 02:35 PM
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I'm glad to hear you all sound like you're surviving the holidays! I'm having a nice quiet day with my family and parents. They are being insistent that I rest today to try to recover from last night.

Which brings me to a question
At our big Xmas party last night I wore my earplugs, stayed at one end of the room, tried to only talk to one person at a time, and found myself looking down at the table a lot to avoid visual stimulation.

After an hour I had to go lie down for 1/2 an hour because my head was swimming and I was stumbling like a drunk. Felt like a panic attack was starting.

When I came back from the rest everything was ok again and then started building but i kind of went numb? I was able to stay another three hours and my head was relatively clear......Here comes the question

Has anyone else experienced this lack of symptoms when you've completely overdone it? I know I'm paying for it today and I'm guessing tomorrow will be worse but being almost symptom free for a while was a nice change.

I'm sure there's some interesting medical reason for this. Kind of like a calm before the storm. Thoughts?

Wishing you all a calm peaceful day!

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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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