Thread: My confusing Return to Work plan
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:55 AM
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Just as every brain injury is different, I think each return to work plan should also be unique.

Within a gradual return to work (each week you should monitor symptoms, if they worsen return to previous week), I found in this forum the following return to work accommodation "guidelines" for brain injury:

http://askjan.org/media/brai.htm

Again, this is in the U.S. and for the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), but it provides some information.

The anxiety must be overwhelming--sending you lots of light!
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.

Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.

Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.

Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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