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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 205
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Thanks Mokey.
It's frightening how fragile and strong the brain is. At the time, I didn't think it was such a bad car accident.
Now I realize that if this much went wrong with me with the accident, it could have been so much more worse. I am grateful that it wasn't.
It looks like I will be 2 years off the tenure track and rat race of academia. It may prove hard to get back on, but it's my goal for now.
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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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