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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 267
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 267
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If it gives you any hope.... I'm at just about 7 months and I didn't have any "normal" moments either until around the 6 month mark. You can and will still improve! I don't have a lot of normal moments but its a step in the right direction!!
I haven't had the nausea for a while though but my dizziness is still one of my biggest complaints. Have you tried ginger or gravol or ginger gravol for the nausea? Supposedly works well for dizziness too. I've been meaning to pick up some ginger gravol to try. Normal gravol makes me sleep for like 24 hours straight!
How are you spending your day? Are you working? Perhaps you're doing too much all the time and haven't got to the point of some times of normal.
I know for me I can feel ok until I do too much but doing too much is basically doing anything i.e. shower, make dinner, make a phone call etc.
I hope you get some answers at your appt in February! Is it with a neurologist?
I hope tomorrow is a better day for you.
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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