MY headaches come on with a sensitivity to light and smell, yes smell! I know a migraine is coming when I get hyper sensitive smell. this happens about an hour or so before the onset of the throbbing pain. about a half hour before I feel like I am fuzzy, not dizzy but really fuzzy. your lucky you don't get headaches. Mine make me have almost a virtigo and make me vomit. they only last for a few hours but I get them a few times a month.
my brain scan showed nothing out of the ordinary, and the neurologist attributed my headaches to my cervical spine.
one symptom I have from my post concussion syndrome that baffles my doctors is the sudden electric like shock I get in the back of my head that almost knocks me out. this happens only after I lightly bump my head or strain my self.
the only med that I take for my migraines is loritab. they work great in taking the edge off...I only have to take one when I feel it coming on.

Oh, I get headaches - they just do not have a throbbing component or very noticeable. The feels as though they are deeper in side my skull but ache toward forehead

Hello my name is "Steeve", I am almost 17 years old, in grade 11 and was previously a strong student athlete. But today I feel I am a shadow of everything I once was.

I have played hockey all my life and recently played football.


My concussion history is as follows:

11 YO: I took a hit in which someone was shouldering my head to the boards. I suffered immediate vison, dizziness and balance symptoms but had no loss of conciousness. After the game I proceeded to feel incredibley nauziaed and really crapy for lack of a better word. Already the next morrning I seemed to feel way better then the night before and within a week or two I was playing AAA hockey once again. This had no affect on my acedemics.

13 YO: I took an open ice hit in which I recived an elbow to my head. (Seach up Nickalas Backstom, it's very similar) This concussion was almost completely identical to the first one and even though the first night was terrible, within about 2 weeks I had fully recovered. I do remeber that for this one, the next few days proceeding I had pretty strong painswhen it came to moving my head. (a little more than the first time around)

14 YO: I was hit into the boards by two people. I was knocked out and still to this day do not have complete memory of the event. (about 3 seconds or so) I was out for maybe 30 seconds and I remember I had my eyes opened and all I could see was black. I also had extreme weakness in my rams and legs as I couldn't get up for this breif moment. I then got up and could see and sat off for the rest of the game. This healed really fast and while I had flashy vison (blured) I wasn't nausiaded, I was just really "out of character" (just acting wierd). Docters told me that this wasn't a concussion but a "head injury". I'll let you guys decide if it should count.

16 YO, late oct 2012: I was tackled in football by a 200+ lbs nose takle nad bieng a 145lbs RB it really killed. The tackle got me extended upwards and backpedaling so when I finally went down there was a large amount of snaping backwards in neck (whiplash) and all the impact was prettymuch just on the back of my head. Unlike the rest, this one hasn't cleared yet. I had no nauisa so I tricked myself into thinking I was ok. HUGE MISTAKE. I took part in 1 hockey tryout, a couple street hockey games and moving all of the crap out of my dads place


I think I have PCS and I am 4 months into recovery. I don't feel very much better day to day. I get headaches, am sensitive to light and sound, I can't concentrate and my vision is really wierd.

My vison is like when you wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. When it's dark and your eyes have become adapted you can see but everything is really flashy. I have this all day and every day. I also have a slight vertical double image when I look at things. (Esspecially with lights or anything white)

I am getting a CAT scan tomorrow after at least a month of waiting. I have had a neck Xray that is yet to be analyzed. I am still on wait for a neurologist. I have had massage for my neck any yet it might be fractured. I feel extemely sad and I almost fear going to school now. I used to be a 90 average student and now I am getting 70s with headaches throughout my school work. Are things getting better and I just can't notice? Will I ever get better? I would just really like to hear what someone else thinks. Thanks.

Any advice is gladly appericaited.

Im 16 and I wrestle and got into a few fights all around the same time period. I never went unconscious but I had two concussions. I was feeling out of it for a bit but im better now. a MAIN concern is that my ears never stop having a faint ringing and my vision is really messed up. I see stars 24/7 and it never goes away. its like my eyes are flashing or I describe it as a million moving pixels and i get floaters. I cant tell if this is PCS or permanent. I was just wondering if you could describe your vision more clear to see if ours are similar. I fear itll never go away. its been 9 months off and on. I tried wrestling again and I drink sometimes and from then on it hasnt gone away.

Hi,
I'm 19 right now.
So on Jan 16th I was playing indoor soccer and i got pushed to the wall and hit the wall pretty good. I didn't feel any pain at the time. A week later I woke up but I was someone else lol. what I mean is it wasn't me, I didn't feel myself. So I thought maybe i'm sick and let it go. I kept on playing soccer and refereeing. I didn't take it serious until I passed a one week mark then I went to ER(emergency room) and they did a cat scan but everything was fine. Doctor told me I will be okay in 3 weeks. So now it has been a month and a half and i'm still the same. I don't feel myself at all. I can't study. I feel like there is a block in my head. To mention I failed every test in college so I dropped all my classes with a (w). Im seeing a neurologist on the 15th of march. My short memory sucks ***. I cant sleep. I'm not myself at all. I'm confused most of the time.

Please help me if you have any experience what so ever.

Thank you

For the new members seeking Post Concussion information.

I get those same shocks only mine are on the side of my head. They're horrible and nobody understands when I try to explain them. Have you found anything out about them?

check out this forum http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

what is that forum called donna?

bumping up for new members.