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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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Let me take a moment
I just want to share how PCS has changed my life in a positive way, since Ive
Been feeling so down recently! 1. I am going to be able to stay home with my daughter for a while. We never thought it would be financially possible for us, even though I really wanted to, and now we've made it happen out of necessity! 2. Being a stay at home mom will force me to make some new friends, as my daughter is too much of a social butterfly to stay cooped up with mom all day! 3. I hated my job, so I'm glad I don't have to go to work everyday, wasting my talents where they weren't appreciated. Life's too short for that! If it hadn't been for PCS, I'd probably still be working there! 4. PCS has made me reevaluate my life and discover what's really important to me: family, good friends, creativity, and helping others.
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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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