Sensitive to road bumps ? Anyone here with this?
 

Do concussed people always have to worry about multiple impact syndrome or they recover from that risk after a certain period like a year or so ? Ofcourse I am not talking about hard jolts or impacts like in go carting or football or any contact sports. I will never ever in my life think about playing any sport. I am talking about minor day to day impacts like road bumps while riding or driving a car. My brain right now is very sensitive to these small impacts such that I am stuck inside the home and not able to go out at all. Even long gentle walks seem to affect the symptoms somewhat, or maybe I think so.

I am noticing recovery, very very slow but recovering. I don't feel the impact of these road bumps if I have stayed at home for like 4 days at a stretch and then got out for a car ride. But then gradually I begin feeling those impacts after an hour or so if I have gone for a long drive in my car. Maybe I am not giving my brain enough time to get over it completely ?

My concern is whether I will be able to completely get over this feeling? I don't mind giving it a year and even stop driving my car for a while. I have read stories of people getting over this symptom in 6 months. But I kinda need reassurance cuz I am worrying a lot. It's been 3 months since the concussion and this symptom wasn't there at all in the first week and came on gradually after I noticing an uncomfortable feeling on roads while in the car!

What's the difference better sun concussive impacts and multiple impact syndrome? Can anyone give an example? Thank you

For me, yes. Im 7 months in and the roads around here are terrible. Combine the bumps with the zoning out and nausea I get from being in a car nowadays and its not a good time.

Is your car in good shape? I used to get terrible headaches and nausea after riding in my 15 year old vehicle.

I got rid of the beat-up old SUV a month or two ago and now drive a small convertible. I no longer have major issues after a long drive, although my neck does still hurt pretty badly. The headaches are gone, though.

I have also found that it's worth it to leave early and take a longer route if it means you can avoid heavy traffic, areas of the road that are under construction, etc.

I am talking about something different here and not the regular nausea feeling that we get while travelling when we are not well. It's a symptom where your brains becomes very sensitive to minor bumps on road and I feel like my brain shaking inside! Or something heavy is kept on the top of my head below the temple region . Can anyone relate ? This feeling specially comes with minor road bumps and speed breakers and subsides within half an hour or so. Does this count in multiple impacts or sub impacts ?

Not sure if the vehicle makes the difference at this point. Im not supposed to be driving, and I rarely do unless its an emergency. But before the seizures started, I would drive down the street to get a coffee or go to the bank or my works HR department. All are less than 5 minutes away. I drive a chevy pickup truck, and it handles bumps extremely well for a truck. My wifes lincoln suv handles like butter, cant feel a thing. Both bother me. In my short stint back to work (ford trucks, and extremely compromising dirt roads, fields and roads) it would DESTROY me almost instantly.

All of the above, including my wifes suv which normally is perfect, bug the crap out of me. Heck, I even noticed last night (I was laying in bed with the tv off around 8pm, windows closed) when my neighbors a few streets over started shooting off fireworks. I could literally FEEL the percussion of them in my head. I had to turn on the radio, and put a pillow over my head to drown it out. Was terrible.

I would never ever call the police in a situation like this, but usually this time every year they do it every night around 8pm till the end of July. Usually lasts a half hour or so. I dont want to get them in trouble, nor ruin their fun, but I might have to. Im going to talk to them sometime this week and maybe see if they can text me or something before they do it so I can prepare and not get caught off guard again.

Multiple Impact Syndrome is the prolonged manifestation of symptoms after one has sustained multiple concussions over a period of years. The brain loses its ability to recover from some of the injuries. I have MPI and will never regain my short term memory functions and some other functions.

Subconcussive impacts are those repeated dings, usually daily, due to football practice and soccer heading drills. There are no immediate concussion symptoms but the accumulation of small physical stresses can lead to long term symptoms.

Being worried about little head bumps is counter productive. The stress is not good for a healthy brain.

@Galaxy1012
How are you? Do you still have Problems with bumpy roads? I have tue same Problem.

I still have it but its much better . I am getting the treatment for upper cervical and hope to improve this problem somewhat . its still a mystery what this problem means it doesn't make sense to anyone

Bumps hard braking ,acceleration, hard cornering stop and go traffic all bother me as a passenger with my eyes closed . If i open them then its pain in eyes headache an nausea
Its because we are oversensitive to everything .
So pretty normal .

Quite honestly I think you're best off not worrying.

I thought for about a year it was my brain that was sensititve.

A year and a half later, I'm 100% sure that my neck is causing most of the head sensitivity if not all of it.

You seem cognitively pretty good.

My advice:

1) Get the neck treated. I posted a free program I found that worked better than any PT plan.

2) Do some vestibular therapy exs.

I am encountering road bumps on a daily basis on my way to work in spite of trying my best to lean forward and minimising the impact. I have noticed that I have been constantly angry and irritated for no obvious reason since a few days. I, otherwise , have no other major symptom. Can it be related ? I am feeling very down and depressed.

There might be a sensitivity to quick movements of the head that happen when going on a road bump on a too high speed or driving on rough roads.

The most important thing is to not stress over it. If it causes you anxiety, breath deep and relax. The temporary increase in symptoms after the head movement from the road bump will cease faster if you are calm than if you are stressed.

When an event such as driving on a road bump make your symptoms increase slightly, your brain is overstimulated and it tries to relax and balance itself. Anxiety impairs the brain's ability to do that. It's like trying to take out a fire while adding fuel to it from the opposite direction.

As someone with a lot of anxiety, my best advice to you is to relax. Even if an event was a close call to a concussion or increased your symptoms, it's not worth stressing over - you cannot change the past, so the anxiety will not help you one bit.

I have no doubt that anxiety delays recovery. Your brain is already "on fire" from the concussion, and it tries to take it out. Help it take the "fire" out by staying calm, not reinforcing your anxiety and if needed, stopping your activity and getting some rest when you feel overstimulated (if it is possible).

I don't drive. But I've been having a similiar issue. I'll um. anchor myself to the seat so I'm wedged in if something happens.

Hello

I am just wondering did you ever receive the help you needed with this situation regarding and how did you resolve it

Thanks
John

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