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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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My personal advice
Don't do anything until your symptoms have been gone--totally gone, including any cognitive ones--for AT LEAST two weeks, but I'd say a month to be on the safe side. If ANY symptom comes back, stop immediately, and wait for two more weeks. You need to listen to and trust your body. You CANNOT push through these symptoms.
Read some of the signatures around here. You don't want to end up having PCS for many weeks, months, or years, so you should do everything in your power to avoid it. I caused an escalation in my symptoms through doing household activities like scrubbing baseboards and pulling weeds--that was my idea of resting! So don't be like me! Take care of yourself. You can always get back into shape again, but your brain is the most important part of your body. Be nice to it!
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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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