Hello GirlFromNorway, and everyone else too.

I am new to this forum but have blogged about PCS and brain injury in general for a few years *admin edit*

GirlFromNorway, I wanted to make sure that you understood the doctors that someone else recommended. The most important doctor to find is a Physiatrist. Using Babylon to translate that into Norwegian I get "s. fysioterapaut". A Physiatrist is a person who specializes in Rehabilitation Medicine. You want to find a s. fysioterapaut who further specializes in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Finding that specific specialist is your first big step to actually getting help. Neurologists and other doctors mean well but they usually are not terribly knowledgable about how to really recover from even one brain injury; never mind multiple ones.

The other specialist that was recommended is a Neuropsychologist (s. nevropsykolog, psykolog som spesialiserer seg på forholdet mellom nervesystemet og psykisk oppførsel) I hope Babylon is translating that right but it looks right from what I can recognize. A Neuropsychologist will most likely give you a Neuropsych Evaluation. The Physiatrist may be the doctor that orders the test. The Neuropsych evaluation is a day long series of games, puzzels, and tests that are able to quantify and qualify your brain function. The results are very useful. They will help the Physiatrist to design a rehab program that will address your symptoms and your brain deficits.

To give you an idea of why it is so important to find doctors who specialize in traumatic brain injury (TBI), I will tell you a little of what happened to me. My car was T-boned when a woman red light in 1987 (T-boned in English means the hitting car hits the other one on the side.) Then I had additional concussions starting in 2002. I had all the PCS symptoms you described for years and years. Especially constant nausea, head aches, and balance problems. When I finally got to a TBI Physiatrist, he sent me to a physical therapist who specializes on the brain. She tested me and found that my left eye tracks slower than my right eye. So she had me do a series of exercises - some in the clinic at appointments with her and some that I had to do a few times a day at home. The exercises were not fun! But they worked. Poof! No more headaches and nausea! And my balance has greatly improved too.

The other doctor that greatly helped me was an Osteopathic Doctor who specializes in Osteopathic Manual Medicine. I would assume that you have Osteopathic doctors in Norway. In the US they have a D.O. after their name instead of a M.D.

Hope this all helps. If you want to read about my head injury here is the link:*edit* There is a translate widget in the sidebar on that page.

I am sorry that I cannot post the hyperlinks for you because I know that would make it much easier. But I am a new member so therefore not trusted.