Hi, and Welcome.
First, I hope you have read some of the links on the "Stickies" up top of the main thread of this forum - especially the Vitamin/Supplements by "Mark in Idaho" > very good information.
Also, try reading through
Brainline.org .
You give a very good accounting of your history, and its appreciated how you present it - helps with the brief paragraphs for our reading, thanks.
Have you had testing - CT's, MRI's? ; Was your Neck evaluated? - with falls like you described, upper neck injuries can and do occur, which can cause whiplash-type injuries including brain injury of a shearing nature, thus concussive. Ice packs to the neck are very useful - Mark has a good formula he uses - I'm sure he'll be on later, and can explain his mixture for you.
Are you taking any prescribed medication?
Are you receiving any Physical or Occupational Therapy or other Therapy?
Many of us have had so many concussive injuries in our lifetime that our bodies have had an accumulation of the impacts to the point that our brains just cannot recover well anymore, and you may also have reached that point to some degree yourself. Read my "Nutshell" in my sig.
Have you had a NeuroPsych Assessment to evaluate your situation, evaluating your current cognition level of problems, if they are a problem? - with your expressed sentiment -
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So much of my self-worth has come from my intelligence, and, because I don't feel as mentally quick as before, there have been some days I've withdrawn a little bit from my girlfriend, because I feel like less of a person.
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- it might be useful.
Time is said to heal many things , but it is relevant......... it does , but that figure of "100%" isn't in the picture with Concussion/PCS/mTBI. And if you have been reading these boards for any length of time, you have seen that we all have pretty much deleted "normal" from our vocabulary, in the old sense at least.
I'm sure others will be on and respond, my Best Wishes to you.
