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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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Well . . .
I was released to work, but that was just so I could get my severance pay. If I hadn't been laid off, I'm fairly certain that I would not actually be able to do my job. In fact, if I were having the extreme light sensitivity that I'm having now when I was released to work, I may have rethought asking the Dr. to release me. My short-term disability had been terminated retroactively to mid-December at the end of January, so we just needed the money. I am filing an appeforever the termination of my short-term disability just for the period before I was released to work.
Anyway, hats off to anyone actually back at work. I couldn't see how it would even be really possible for me right now and I know that I'm not even suffering as much as a lot of you are. For now, I'm just staying home with my daughter for a while. Finances will be tight, but we'll make it work!
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I have recovered my cognitive function, and I've overcome severe vertigo through sensory integration therapy. Wellbutrin has helped me escape depression. I have recently had a few stress-related migraines, as well as headaches stemming from eye strain. I'm also dealing with tinnitus, lack of stamina, extreme light sensitivity, and eye pain. Diagnosed with 9 different vision issues: convergence insufficiency, pursuit eye movement deficit, egocentric visual midline shift, photophobia, visual information processing delays, accommodative insufficiency, saccadic eye movement deficit, lack of coordination, and central peripheral visual integration deficit.
*First concussion: October 2010. I was pregnant and got rear ended. I associated my mild PCS symptoms with baby brain and blamed my light sensitivity on allergies and dry eyes.
*Second concussion: December 2011. I hit my head on a wooden beam, saw stars but did not lose consciousness, and I had very disturbing PCS symptoms but didn't go to the doctor.
*Third concussion: August 2012. I caused a car accident as a result of PCS symptoms. Thankfully no one was injured but me. My husband confronted me, and I finally sought help and took medical leave from work. My symptoms worsened, and I developed severe vertigo.
*Fourth concussion: November 2012. I was riding in a car with a friend and we were hit head on by a driver who lost control of her car. I didn't have a big increase in PCS symptoms.
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