Hi, when I turned 50 I fell on my head. After 1month I would blackout anywhere from 2 to 8 days. I didn't recognize anyone and had all the symtoms of altymers. That lasted 2 months. Then it turned to extreme sort term memory loss, paranoia, aggressive behavior and what disturbed me the most is my brain felt like electricity was running across it and like it was swelling up. I take buspirine and lamectal which help somewhat. It's been 2and a half years since this happened. I have no sense of time, and had to learn how to speak, dial a phone and all the things I've done a million times. I still can't. Live on my own. I guess my question is do I have to learn to live with this. Will it ever go away or will I be dependent the rest of my life. Can anyone tell me?

Hello KrazyKitten,

Welcome to the NeuroTalk Support Groups.

I'm very sorry to read about your injury and ongoing symptoms including PCS.

I'll post the link to the TBI/PCS forum below. You might like to repost over there. There are also some excellent threads/posts at the top of the forum that contain information, resources, websites and posts on hope and healing.

TBI/Post Concussion Syndrome Forum

take care.

Welcome KrazyKitte13.

KrazyKitten,

Hello and welcome, happy to see you have come to be with us, it a great place to be. As you can see we have a great number and caring fellow members here, where you have find a supportive and relaxing place. Have fun looking into the different forums. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways.

Please keep us up to date on your condition. Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene