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Old 02-22-2013, 07:57 PM
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Hi Lui,
I have this too. What I have had to do is just visit with the family for as long as I can and then go lay down and rest awhile and then come back and visit. This is how I handle Christmas, Thanksgiving etc. At first the family was all concerned -where did you go? What's going on? I just kept telling them that this is what I have to do now. I get overstimulated and I start to suffer. Now they just think of it as normal. They know I get fatigue easy and need to check out and if I can I will check back in but i may not and that is ok too.
Don't worry they will come around. I explained it once to them and then not again. They likely don't understand what I go through but they understand if you just continue with the behavior. They will come to accept it. If not, they were not worth your time in the first place.
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Had MVA in 2006 resulting in post concussive syndrome manifested by cognitive impairment, chronic pain/ fatigue. Chronic pain of head, neck, back, left leg.
Other problems include REM sleep behavior disorder, nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, chronic migraines associated with nausea/vertigo, episodes of passing out, hypoglycemia, liver dysfunction (had accidental overdose of acetaminophen in 2009) had liver and kidney failure, hernia, degenerative disc disease with compression of nerve root, PTSD, and other problems associated with functioning problems from traumatic brain injury (light, sound sensitive, easily overloaded, easily distracted, cannot focus, anxiety problems etc.)
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